Divine Descent

It's a recurring theme in religions around the world that God (or whichever higher power you may or may not believe in) created humankind in his image. It made sense for our ancestors, sitting around the fire on cold pre-historic nights, pondering the nature of existance and their own importance in the grand scheme of things... But what if it turns out to be completely true, just not in the way we're thinking? Some scientists claim that it's very likely our entire reality is a simulation. If that's the case, perhaps the sentient beings in the simulation layer above us simply used themselves as models for whatever sentient beings exist here. And if THAT's the case, then if we ever escape this simulation somehow, perhaps we'd be greeted not by abstract creators or grotesque alien beings, but just more people like us, wearing labcoats and clacking at their keyboards...