Well there's certainly not been a shred of evidence for any gods so far, that's for sure. He's still trying to equate faith in a medical treatment, however genuine, with blind faith in general. He's building a case for mind over matter in a literal sense.
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.'
