What could be more important?

A couple of weeks ago, in his continuing discussion of religion, faith and atheism, Andrew Sullivan wrote:

But if the Divine exists, how do we regard it as pointless to understand it more deeply? And what else could be more important?

But, really, what could be less important?

Even if the divine does exist, there is no reason it is inherently any more important a field of study than slime molds, Chinese literature, galactic drift, or recipes for cooking ostrich--all of which I know exist but have chosen not to study because the study of other things has either interested me more or had a more direct impact on my life.

And there is no evidence for the divine. All we have are the words upon words of people who claim to know something about it, and the words of those analyzing those who claim to know something about it, and the words of those who pretend that it does or should have some impact on our lives, but have no evidence to support those claims.

I have no beef with those who sincerely find studying the divine of value to their lives. My only complaint is with those who claim I should, too, or those, like Sullivan, who claim its inherent importance is somehow obvious.