Here's a point we should all agree on - perhaps for different reasons, but nevertheless. The Universe. It's an amazing place, no matter how you look at it. Enormous spheres of continuous nuclear fusion scattered across space throw their light on interstellar dustclouds bigger than the solar system, onto giant gas planets covered in constantly raging storms, and even have it devoured by the inescapable gravitation of a black holes.

But what about our place in it? Most religions tell us to limit our view to this world. To them, it was specifically created, we were specifically created, and the rest of the universe is mainly scenery (I will note here that some religious groups, such as Mormons, have it as an explicit part of their doctrine that there is life on other planets.) Events of ultimate importance, they say, took place here - the resurrection of Jesus, the coming of Mohammed, the various children of Zeus, whatever. The various superbeings that they believe control reality all focus their efforts here, doing whatever it is they do.

But why would we think that? Earth is, on the grand scheme of things, insignificant. To us it is of vital importance, but if the planet were to vanish tomorrow, the universe at large would keep running the same as it had been. We are one planet orbiting one star in one galaxy. There are more than 7 trillion galaxies - large or dwarf - and more than 30 billion trillion stars (3*10^22) in the observable universe. So what makes us special? Nothing. Why would a creator god need to make so much extra stuff, if he has the power to create a universe? It doesn't make sense.