To be succinct, the idea that the Universe came about in either a completely scientific and rational manner or as the intentional and exact creation of a sentient being compatible with any popular religion, is the mother of all false dichotomies. For all we know, it might have been an accident spawned by some eldritch monstrosity that has since completely abandoned and forgotten about it.

If anything, the instinctive search and supposition of a creator of anything resembling humanoid sentience, is no different than what's called pareidolia - the penchant for seeing human faces in otherwise random objects. It's simply the first reaction in our own minds, since humans are social creatures to begin with - seeking out other humans tends to have advantages, even with a mechanism that's prone to false positives like that.

Respectively, this resulted in even the initial ideas of gods - beings of humanoid sentience, responsible for natural phenomena. Only even their number has dwindled considerably since the olden days. It's like the Face of Mars - the closer we got in exploring it, the less it looked like it was ever a face to begin with.

To be succinct, the idea that the Universe came about in either a completely scientific and rational manner or as the intentional and exact creation of a sentient being compatible with any popular religion, is the mother of all false dichotomies. For all we know, it might have been an accident spawned by some eldritch monstrosity that has since completely abandoned and forgotten about it.

If anything, the instinctive search and supposition a creator of anything resembling humanoid sentience, is no different than what's called pareidolia - the penchant for seeing human faces in otherwise random objects. It's simply the first reaction in our own minds, since humans are social creatures to begin with. Seeking out other humans tends to have advantages, even with a mechanism that's prone to false positives like that.

Respectively, this resulted in even the initial ideas of gods - beings of humanoid sentience, responsible for natural phenomena. Only even their number has dwindled considerably since the olden days. It's like the Face of Mars - the closer we got in exploring it, the less it looked like it was ever a face to begin with.