To be fair, Carl Sagan was invoked earlier in the thread. His moral philosophy arises from contemplating Earth from afar and concluding that we need to do our best for one another because Earth is alone and there’s nobody coming to our aid. Plenty of religiously-minded people have contemplated the beauty of the created universe and found it a source of faith and encouragement. It would be churlish to let Sagan’s comments stand unchallenged whilst being dismissive of others.
