Not to mention everyone in the world already hated them before they even took out Orphan. The whole knocking Coccon out of the sky is sure to smooth things over though Or that they are essentially in the middle of nowhere in Pulse, miles away from Cocoon with no apparent way to get back up and in even if the wanted to.

At the very least it'd take a lot of time and convincing before the people would understand and believe the truth about the fal'Cie.
"Pulse l'Cie are totally not evil and out to destroy your world and way of life. The fact they we just did is simply a funny coincidence."

The maker is just the god figure in the world. There really isn't anything known about it other than the fal'Cie were created by it, and the fal'Cie remember it. The fal'Cie then in turn created humans if I remember right.
I seem to remember it being said that the Maker created Fal'Cie and humans, though I could be wrong. Truth be told I am only assuming the maker exists at all in the first place because we have scant other evidence to go on. With the track record of JRPGs it wouldn't even be close to a surprise if it was all just another false religion.


There's a LOT which isn't answered in this game (I guess they're leaving the door open for a sequel).
You are much more optimistic than I am

Loony, I'll get to you when I have more time.