You’re right to be skeptical—the world would be a better place if we were all a little less credulous. - Robert J. Sawyer

“Good luck—and God protect.” I was sure that little reference to God was for the sake of the network cameras. Ching-Mei was an atheist. She only had faith in empirical data, in experimental results.

You know his dictum: nothing is anything unless it is something. That is, a concept without material reality is meaningless.

I believe the creator may have a specific reason for wanting a universe that has life in it, and, indeed, as you say, for wanting multiple sentiences to emerge simultaneously. But it seems clear beyond dispute that the creator takes no interest in specific individuals.