What the God debate is really about

[Whateverist]

Does a conscious observer emerge from a self-organizing reality or does a self-organizing reality emerge from a conscious observer?

Definitely yes to the first choice. Yes, each one of us emerges as a conscious observer without any assistance. Likewise our bodies (including brains) assemble themselves without the assistance of any external agency.

Of course we're not only observers. We are also agents with the apparent ability to make choices and carry out intentions.

So it would seem to me that reality is entirely self organizing. I just don't see the appeal of invoking a greater conscious observer/agent who has arbitrarily chosen to create a self-organizing reality.