During EVA:
"Stars and Milky Way appeared to them like an epiphany, frosty, regal." (p. 316)
Ruszek has trouble believing that "'That monster...,'" the black hole, appears only "'...as a vague glimmer...'" (p. 316) but then comments that "'...God has a sense of humor.'" (ibid.)
When Dayan questions divine benevolence because:
"'Life, the universe, can be dreadful.'" (p. 317)
- Ruszek responds:
"'Practical jokes, maybe.'" (ibid.)
Surely not? If I believed that the universe had been designed, then I would not regard its dreadful aspect as any kind of joke.
Even the Buddhists that I know speak of reality as compassionate despite not being theists. But where is compassion except in some conscious beings? Nature is neutral, feeding and killing good and bad alike.
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Kaor, Paul!
I agree, "nature" as such, is neutral, unaware. Only conscious beings can know good or evil.
And I recalled how, at the very end of OPERATION CHAOS, Steven Matuchek stated how he believed God likes to laugh!
Ad astra! Sean
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