Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think. — Terry Pratchett. English fantasy author (1948–2015)
Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
Rincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. The difference is, when you shout, 'Where's my clean socks?' no-one answers.
Science is not about building a body of known 'facts'. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good.
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.