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Belief in the concept of a time-continuous "self" might be an example of an article of Faith that is useful for humans.
(Most people believe in a time-continuous self anyway, they just don't realize it's something that current best physics tells us there's no evidence for the existence of.)
In what ways would the world look different to me if my TCS did/did not exist?
Can't think of any such way.
Similarly, the existence or non-existence of some sorts of inactive Gods doesn't affect your observations in any way.
Occam's Razor would eliminate both those Gods and a time-continuous self, though.
(But personally, I propose that we may have faith in a time-continuous self, if it is sufficiently useful psychologically. And that it's an open question whether there are other supernatural things that at least some should also have faith in.)