Scientists have floated the idea that humans live in a computer game controlled by aliens, and a UFO expert has suggested that would explain the multiplicity of religions on Earth.

Nick Pope, who ran the British Government's UFO project in the 1990s, told DailyMail.com that the simulation theory would be why beliefs vary.

He explained that the intelligence behind what we call our reality may have assigned different tasks to different designers, and mistakes could have been made in the programming - causing us to have contrasting ideologies. 

'Often in cosmology, there seems to be a disconnect between theory and observation,' said Pope.

'In religious terms, it would be as if several different gods all had a hand in creating the universe, and all had their different styles.'

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