Why believe a higher being exists

I am just on my way home and had a thought. People believe in a higher existence (who ever or what ever that is) because they don’t want to accept responsibility that they really have the control. This also blows my long standing belief though of what ever happens, happens for a reason.
So what does anyone think?
People are always asking for a sign or proof that the higher being exists. 2007 years (a.c.) and were killing the planet.
I don’t think this is all down to our current actions. We have been digging out and burning fossil fuels for a many a year. With the petrol engine being a late addition (in the big scheme of things).
Also quite a few years back, didn’t we have a thing called the ice age? Well back then, you could have walked to many parts of Europe, due to the seas being frozen over. So in reality the earth has been getting warmer for a long time and no overnight bandwagon company is going to solve it. In fact some are probably doing more damage with all their marketing and gimmicks.
Who knows, who wants to know?
I think if we had answers to many of life’s big questions, we would be to scared to exist. …