Exactly. People like to look for simple causes and explanations; "the universe was perfect before we started---" industrial civilization/eating meat/using cell phones/sinning fill in the blank.

And as you allude to, I think many people feel oddly more comfortable believing someone or something is in in charge, even if that someone or something is sinister, than facing the possibility that NO ONE is running the show.

Obligatory Caveat: as will undoubtedly be pointed out repeatedly in your thread, Penn Jillette is a well-known Libertarian. Which, from my perspective at least, means he's right on some things (the drug war, personal freedom issues) and full of shit on a whole bunch of others (Ayn Rand economics)

I know about his libertarian views, and my ears were pricked to catch any sort of even remotely political insinuation. He skated a little close to pro-atheism, but as far as I could tell, he was (appropriately, given the crowd he was performing for) non-political. Or as non-political as you can be condemning nutty theories from the internet.

And it was a great show.

I'd totally go see that show.

Scientists are turned on by questions that we can't yet answer.

That's the difference, right there.

When scientists have their questions answered, they ask more questions.
When religious believers have their questions answered, they stop asking questions.