Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 14, 2017

Because it’s at night, when you have nothing else to do, that you think about these things.

That bed won’t be much protection if a meteor arbitrarily crashes through the roof.

Maybe they can discuss it with the monsters under the bed. The monsters are probably in a pensive mood too.

Thanatos must have been scheduling the raccoon’s lifespan in a hurry

It’s true. That compulsive association of night with imagined terrors and the unknown. It’s primal. We need light to see and, for us as apex predators, sight is our foremost tool. So without light, we lose the ability to perceive our environment and detect approaching danger. As LWP says above, your mind is seeking something to do if not sleep and dream, so it conjures up these fears. In hospitals and extended care places, they call it “sundowning.” From the cradle to the grave, we carry the association with us.

And Calvin is right. It is either mean or it’s arbitrary.

If Calvin spent more time under his bed with Hobbes, the monsters would move on. Maybe they could go bother Susie!

Don’t hide under the bed. What about all of the monsters?

The eternal question: where’s the balance

Very scary thought for a child to realize there is such a thing as death. Even more scary when he/she realizes it will one day reach out for him/her.

Before falling asleep it’s best time for discussing deep thoughts!!

Existential angst is tough enough on adults, let alone a little kid.

Let’s face it, the Universe doesn’t care.

Kevin: Yes, why does there have to be evil?

Supreme Being: I think it has something to do with free will. Right. Come on then. Back to creation. We mustn’t waste any more time. They’ll think I’ve lost control again and put it all down to evolution.

God is a disinterested third-party.

Does everything have to happen for a reason?

Does someone always have to make it happen?

Who decided this & why?

This is the problem with the Design Argument for God’s existence. If the natural world around us was created by a god, then that god seems very cruel. The “Intelligent Design” people choose to ignore the problem. If pressed, they usually quote the Book of Job and say humans have no right to question their god. I say we have every right to question, and my conclusion is that the only thing that makes sense is that the Universe is random, and there is no such thing as “god” or “gods”.

“Men die, and they are not happy.”—Albert Camus

“Only the good die young”

In that case, I’d better be careful…

xxx

Jesus said, I am the Way the Truth and the Life. Was He lying, was He a lunatic, or is He Lord? As humans we are curious, but can we understand all the questions we seek answers for? Why am I here? Is there purpose for me being here? What happens when this life is over? Is this all there is? Where do we look for answers?

Darkness lends focus to our problems.

Curious parallel: original sin was cast in a garden, and the ending of the life of one who died to ameliorate that sin was preceded by a stay in a garden.

Wonder how this part ends?