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Ultron wasn't religious, just cultured. You either use the Bible or Shakespeare as a shorthand to show your villain is intelligent and Whedon chose the former, especially given the obvious parallels between Stark and Ultron with God and Lucifer or Adam. His reference to 'God' destroying the dinosaurs was a Jeffersonian metaphor. Does Ultron think he's on a sacred mission to destroy humanity? Possibly, if you consider his desire to protect Earth and cleanse it of humanity a form of pantheistic worship.