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‘So what evidence is there that this being is good, or caring, or in any way motivated by a morality we might recognise? What evidence is there that this being has any interest in what is effectively a by-product, a trace element of the universe? What if this super-being is merely one of a race of super-beings, and is in fact the super-being equivalent of a teenager who created our universe one afternoon with his super-being chemistry set?’¹

'Ah... I see that you've met Thor.'²

¹Christopher Brookmyre, Pandaemonium, p.155
²I, being a comic illiterate, was first made aware of Thor's adolescent behaviour from Douglas Adams' books, particularly The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul as depicted in the above picture. A little googling enlighten me that he's all over the place.
^*The enraged Thunder God taking his anger out on Kate Schechter’s telephone answering machine picture belongs to Tim.