Why disbelievers believe? They believe in so called “God of the gaps”.

[Cyberman]

Ok, I'll bite. What if?

Now your turn - what if not?

Then the universe is a pro-creation with determinable pattern from the self expression of a living being and it is still inside that living being.
The universe is not "intelligently designed" by some super duper smart, inevitably male, "scientist" God who thunk it all up and *poofed* it into existence over there somewhere.

If not, it's still a much better story than 99% of the religious paradigms out there. What do you think the world would be like if the major religions regarded all of creation and especially this earth as sacred and a self expression of the Living God?


There are 2 major types of navigation on this planet: 1 facts and thought, 2 stories and emotion.  What do you think most of the world operates by?

My point is that saying "what if" is a great way to begin an investigation, but it's not the end of one. Nor is it an argument from ignorance-style challenge to one's interlocutors to come up with a counter-proposal; the case is yours to make, not others to disprove. Whether it makes for a better story than some other in no way increases its truth value. If it did, I'd much rather operate by Discworld rules.