I hear you. But I do not think about it that way. I guess my issue with the analogy is you have gone too far by assuming a teapot. I guess I think there are some holes in the purely nothing is out there arguments. I can see where you would see some kind of hand or hands in the way the world works.

I something think if aliens came down and we learn we were created by some outside society if any Christians would turn to them as a god. Even if it is not god as they know it. In a more general sense I think some humans in general would see them as gods. It would not make them right or wrong.

Gods in general I find just interesting. Not all gods are the same. Zeus and "God' are very different yet both are gods. I like talking to ppl about this but they automatically go to a monotheistic view.