I was taking the ironic route, to be honest, preferring to take the comment in the spirit in which I prefer to believe it was intended. Though if you like, you'll notice I didn't say where he had the point; it could have been under his hat for all anyone knows.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'