We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is, you don't have to make stories up, you don't have to exaggerate. There's wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature's a lot better at inventing wonders than we are.
Carl SaganIf we say that God has always been, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always been?
Carl SaganIt is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan