I've heard Dawkins say it could have been seeded by advanced extra-terrestrials, but that's a constant loop, right? Because where did those come from? More advanced extra-terrestrials, and so on. And he addressed this by saying, 'well, it's better than believing in an eternal creator' or some shit like that. I find that position ridiculous. To be an eternal creator, whether it is related to any book we have or not, the creator must be outside of creation, or else that's a paradox, it's a contradiction. All the rules that apply to the creation, whatever level of creation that is, can't be applied to something that is external to it. It doesn't make sense to assume that an eternal God must have a creator. I'm not sure why people assume that God could not be sentient/ sapient either, why would God have to be some kind of mindless force or element? I try to keep an open mind. Peoples worldviews about such existential issues will then strongly affect how they behave.