If this is so, perhaps intelligent beings such as ourselves, who are capable of resonating with (and therefore discovering) the mathematical forms that govern external reality, do not have these capacities merely as an accidental byproduct of being the fittest organisms in the evolutionary struggle, but have a more fundamental role in the universe.

This to me is the height of navel-gazing hubris. -I can see the universe, so the universe was made for me. Seriously? Must we be so demanding of the history and scope of this space that we inhabit? What makes a brain so very special that we consider it proof that we are part of a universal consciousness? Soon we will have computers that will be able to 'resonate with the mathematical forms' of the universe better than we. What then?

We share with other creatures the ability to participate in the metabolism of matter and energy, but seem uniquely endowed by our consciousness to participate in the metabolism of form.

No.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L36txUak7Lw

And what about the Neanderthals? Where do they fall? What when we find other intelligence that long preceded us?

Why must we justify existence from our perspective? Why must existence have human-conceptualized meaning? Look up and talk about the reality of what is all around us.

I'm just unhappy with this type of religiosity that justifies a need for spiritual meaning by broadly weaving together quasi-scientific explanations.

Just believe in God or don't. Or whatever you want to believe. But don't pretend to be looking for evidence, when you are really just looking for material support for feelings of spirituality and want for meaning. There might be a God. If someone genuinely wanted to understand Him by His creation, they'd start learning physics, chemistry and biology. A lot of work has been done.