My guess is that the religions of the world were formulated and have been evolved by and through the efforts of proto-cosmologists. They were pursuing explanations of what and where they were and how to control those things that enhanced their survival. The cosmologists are continuing this effort to the benefit of us all. They stand on the shoulders of many more giants and now have much better equipment which is continually evolving along with better and better theories aided and abetted by the knowledge feedback loop. The more we know about the cosmos and the many ways by which it can terminate us, the more apt we are to survive. Only those who deserve (mostly by the luck of the draw) to survive, will.

Evil = chaos; virtue = order!!

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For those inclined to oppose human meddling with the structure of the universe or the composition and configuration of objects and groups of objects within the universe, consider:
Whether there is a limit to the magnitude of a modulation of chaos below which order remains invariant? Or, is order but a fiction invented by perspectives applied over finite, however large, time intervals?