Even as a Christian, I am still open to the possibility that religion may be an artificial construct. One important purpose it may serve is to motivate individuals to advance social welfare (and be happy while doing so) when we would otherwise only have reason to be selfish. (Never mind for now that this presupposes that there is an objective &quot;social good&quot; that exists in the first place).<p>However, for religion to work, we can&#x27;t be aware that it is artificial -- otherwise we&#x27;d stop following it. So we do have to believe wholeheartedly, aside from occasional philosophizing of existential questions.<p>Yet, the existence of an unmoved mover is still an alternative explanation. At this point, the line between artificial and supernatural is indeed blurred.