American Gods

None of this can actually be happening.  If it makes you more comfortable, you could simply think of it as metaphor.  Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all:  God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many rooms, a watchmaker who left his prize chronometer in the desert, someone who loves you--even, perhaps, against all evidence, a celestial being whose only interest is to make sure your football team, army, business, or marriage thrives, prospers, and triumphs over all opposition.

Religions are a place to stand and look and act, vantage points from which to view the world.

Neil Gaiman