Why did God create the universe?

[Drich]

Carlin did not conflate religion and god; religion does this well enough on its own. The above quote had nothing to do with religion.

I was a big fan of carlin for a very long time and I know without doubt that his views on god were based on the cathloic views which is far and away from the stated biblical views on God.
So to correct this statement Carlin did indeed conflate religion and God, for He thought the Cathoic/religious interpertation of god was indeed How God protrayed himself and His/our roles in this world.
His entire act was based on a very strong understandng of the precepts of the catholic faith.

His body of work on this subject blamed religion of assigning attributes to a deity and then spending time convincing people of the veracity of their ridiculous claims (oh, and constantly asking for money).

You are correct here in that he was able to make the distinction between God and religion, but even so his perception or understanding of God was still based on the catholic model and not the bible. there by squewing any seperation he was able to make.

Your claim is either unsubsantiated opinion or you are using the ubiquitous gambit of saying he (god or Carlin) is unknowable, but then proceed to tell me what he (god or Carlin) thinks without proof.

What I am saying is that without a more complete understanding of God you are stuck with a singular perspective of God, as George was. at best with your perspective you can only ever to hope to further explain goreges intentional jabs, all based off of the perspective Carlin himself thought to be accurate. One that was completely based off of the religious views of the version of the church he knew.