Living life as a highly technologically advanced species that uses systems to dominate the plant for resource extraction to the detriment of countless other species with the awareness to know better is playing god, albeit rather poorly. .
> How much are we altering it over coming out of the last ice age and the natural CO2 effects of volcanos? That is still unknown and constantly shifting in predictions.
No, it's not an unknown. Please stop with this cowardly delusion. Human activity is changing the Earth's climate at unbelievable rates compared to the historical norm. XKCD for scale: https://xkcd.com/1732/
That is still unknown and constantly shifting in predictions.
Yes we should minimize our effects on the environment as much as possible, and we are doing a lot better in that goal, but we still need to live.
I wouldn't say living our lives is playing God.