A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe. “The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.”
Science tells theology about the structure and history of the universe and its evolutionary nature. Religious insight can set the laws of nature in a more profound context of understanding, so that their deep order, rational beauty and anthropic fine-tuning become intelligible.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning…
