Thanks Stephen, a friend I was discussing these things with asked a very intriguing question: So, if God exists, what difference does it make. Your answer is that it only makes a difference to the one who believes. I'm not so sure. I wrote about that question here, and would appreciate your thoughts:

https://medium.com/top-down-or-bottom-up/what-difference-belief-in-god-makes-dff1f07ec47a