1. COSMIC ORPHAN Are we alone in the Universe?

3. The Carina Nebula (8000 light years from Earth) from Earth)

4. “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place” (Psalm 8:3)

5. “In a universe of … blind physical forces … some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has … no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.” Richard Dawkins River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

6. What is your greatest moment greatest moment? worst moment What is your worst moment?

8. DAWKIN’S UNIVERSE “ … no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.”

9. Dr Josef Mengele Physician to the Auschwitz concentration camp BBC programme “The Gathering”

10. DAWKIN’S UNIVERSE “ … no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.”

11. If there is no right or wrong, all things are permitted. Self fulfilment regardless of social cohesion Totalitarian regimes. madhouse How do we avoid falling into the madhouse ?

12. (The Noble Lie) is one that deceives us, tricks us, compels us beyond self-interest, beyond ego, beyond family, nation, [and] race … But without such lies, we cannot live. Dr L. R. Rue, Philosopher The Noble Lie

13. For you (God) created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139: 13/14/16)

14. The Punchline What Universe do you want to live in? A Universe where life is random and meaningless A Universe where life has a purpose.