I think the profession doesn't have much of an impact on the actual belief/faith of a person in God. Hence, yes, because many take the easy way down and there are few who find truth.
But let's rephrase the question, shall we?? Can we utilise our programming skills to further our venture to truth, enlightenment and finding the meaning of our own life?
Since there must be something to be done to approach God ... unless he didn't exist ... since he wouldn't be perfectly just if he didn't give a tiny little chance to us hackers :) Thus he wouldn't be the perfect God that defines God - usually.
So, we now know there is something in our programming skill set that can further us to find utter and absolute truth and meaning of life. Implicit proof by the previous paragraph. Now if that doesn't get you excited read the sentence again and feel with it. OK.
So now, let's seek and not give up on seeking a manner on how to put to work our idle hands, haha ... BTW ... Kurt Goedel, Austrian mathematician, created a God proof. It's a theory not of numbers but of logic and it somehow, as far as I understood the concept, leads to the conclusion that God must exist. The theory has lately (2016 I believe, in Germany, just google !!!!) been run by some students who fed the logic to a computer and ... et voila ... proof, God exists.
By the way. God in no way is in any way in a position where he has to proof himself. Everyone thinking suchly is deceiving himself. If I create something do I have to proof to my tool that I created it or I will cease to exist??? Isn't it the other way round, that the tool has to proof itself useful unless it be deconstructed ... I'm afraid such says christianity which I admit to be a follower of.
However, Me for example. I belief I have come to grasp the idea of the meaning of life in a general sense. I once told it in a fight club like self helping group psycho session whatever. Response was utter ridiculing and stuff. As of my religion: reason for joy. Payable on death.
I'm gonna share this meaning of life to anyone who wants to hear, just give me a shout.
Anyway ..
Say we're searching for God with our computers ... let's experiment on that thought.
So what do we say about God.
God is Love maybe. OK, So, let's put our skills to create things that help other people. Foremostly people close to us, our next/neighbours ... so to speak. Let's assimilate ourself to the nature of God and by becoming a helpful and loving person and such becoming more like him ... we might change our perspectives. Our whole mindsets might change. We might see things differently. We might come to believe and trust in a loving God. Which is the best thing you can get :)
OK, sorry, I'm tired. Got much to say, but since I did away with the real headline of this article in the first sentence and then just saltened and peppered it to my own liking ... I'm gonna leave it at that.
God bless. May the force of love and light have mercy on ya