Days by Moonlight (Quincunx, #5)

by André Alexis

As far as I’m concerned, there’s no contradiction between the word God and the word Nature. People forget that religion is a kind of language we use to express our sense of mystery. It’s a way of giving coherence to thoughts and feelings that don’t always cohere. It points to thoughts and feelings. You shouldn’t take the word God literally. It doesn’t refer to a grey-haired man sitting on a throne in the sky. It refers to metaphysical feelings we all have at one time or another about our place in the universe. Just like the word Nature refers to the thing scientists and philosophers endlessly try to describe. Nobody knows the why and wherefore of our universe, Alfred, but we have a variety of ways to talk about it. And these ways sometimes compete with each other.