User blog comment:D.Ryan/Andrew Ryan an atheist?/@comment-1500935-20110704072920

Good question.

I don't think that his "Great Chain" was for him some kind of god, more a representation of his ideals and philosophy, and many times he demonstrated that he had no faith in any kind of religion. Then, there are all the names from the mythology used to name Rapture's parts, but I think that it was more for the citizens to demonstrate, as D.Ryan hinted, that they were their own god.