"John Smith" wrote

Michael cautiously approached his keyboard and quickly typed out, "I
wonder what the point of all this is?", while no one was looking...

First Book of Bokonon, Verses 2-4:

In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic
loneliness.
And God said, "Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what
We have done." And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one
was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close as mud as man sat up,
looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. "What is the purpose of all this?" he
asked politely.

"Everything must have a purpose?" asked God.

"Certainly," said man.

"Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this," said God.

And He went away