[Osiris]

This is an interesting idea. Look at how religion explains the origin of life: A lifeform not from this planet, far more advanced than us, gave "the breath of life", and calls us their "children".

The vastness of this universe leads me to believe that it's impossible to dismiss the idea that there is an intelligence/lifeform sufficiently advanced as to appear to be a God to us.

[jcims]

Totally agree. Joscha Bach laid out a few interesting ideas around this at the end of a podcast.

If you have a few minutes start here for a broader context (starts of wholly unrelated but with some great concepts):

https://youtu.be/P-2P3MSZrBM?t=10084

If not, he drills into it here:

https://youtu.be/P-2P3MSZrBM?t=10400

[psychoslave]

That doesn't explain where the said intelligence /lifeform would come from itself, so what the point of such a theory?

[sliken]

I read a short story that explained the explosion of life on earth during a very short period on some alien that didn't follow protocol and dumped some poop.