Re Blaed's comments: my spirituality (deistic, further classification pending) takes your idea a step further: the beings who created us did so BECAUSE they were trying to better understand their own existence. This universe is a simulation and predictive model of the one in which its creators live. (It may also be serving an entertainment purpose.) Even though we weren't provided with a consistent set of revelations to tell us who created us and where we're headed, we may nevertheless have enough brains to figure it out.
Re Blaed's comments: my spirituality (deistic, further classification pending) takes your idea a step further: the beings who created us did so BECAUSE they were trying to better understand their own existence. This universe is a simulation and predictive model of the one in which its creators live. (It may also be serving an entertainment purpose.) Even though we weren't provided with a consistent set of revelations to tell us who created us and where we're headed, we may nevertheless have enough brains to figure it out.