If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.
-- Francis M. Voltaire (1694-1778)
-- Epitre a l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs, cxi
Related:
If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature
cries aloud that He does exist; that there is a supreme intelligence, an
immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own
dependence on it....