>>11663399Roko's basilisk and the idea of god are based on different premises.
Roko's basilisk is purely theoretical and assumes that a powerful lifeform could retrogradely punish people for any reason.
Because god is all-powerful, he may appear like above but unlike above, god is divorced from the concept of time and space because he stands above them. Instead of assuming that people believe in god, because they fear the above scenario, there are more practical solutions as to way people believe in the idea of god.
Believing in god is a simple way to explain the world. Explaining something makes it seem more predictable and harmonic regardless of whether or not it can successfully predict something. This illusion of being able to predict the environment makes people less anxious.
God justifies societal hierarchies because he stands above all of them and is simultaneously the reason why the hierarchy even exists. The god-given way of life.
People handle material implications very poorly. If B follows from A, most people readily jump to the conclusion that not B follows from not A. This means, that assuming both that a god could have created a world and the world exists, this then entails the existence of god himself.
You often hear this kind of logical fallacy packed in such statements as: "If god didn't create our universe, who did then?" or "Look at the world, how perfect it is. There must be a god".
