And, of course, this is not what most religious people believe either.

Those who believe the Bible believe that God is a source of infinite power and energy, who has always existed, but at one point decided to create other beings to enjoy life with him.  Then he used his enormous energy to produce matter, the Universe.

And that the Bible uses anthropomorphisms to help us to visualise him and to understand something of him, i.e. the power of god is also referred to as the 'finger' of god.  The very use of the term Father to refer to god draws on human experience of the family relationship.