re: "unquestioning obedience and brutal domination"
I don't think there is any evidence whatsoever for a supernatural being who created or controls the Universe, but I don't think either, or even both, of those possibilities can be ruled out either. What I do know for absolute certain (yes, I have FAITH!) is that if such a being exists, or ever existed, we know absolutely nothing about Him, Her, Them or It.