The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe.
A surprising number of genengineered and artificial beings were attracted to religious... lifestyles, and there was a lot of talk among psychologists about why this was so. Perhaps it made them feel more human. Or perhaps it was that a being who knew himself inarguably to be a creation took solace in the notion that his clearly flawed creators were creations themselves.
Gus: If we didn't believe in God, we'd have to worship the engineering dweebs who designed us.
Six: And frankly, the God I pray to doesn't need acne medicine and chronically masturbate.
Six: And frankly, the God I pray to doesn't need acne medicine and chronically masturbate.
Every time the earth starts to... settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, he's winding up.
—Ultron, Avengers: Age of Ultron
