Oddly enough, I think my fascination with the sky has always made me more confident of my religious beliefs though I also know that a relatively small number of astronomers and cosmologists believe in God (reportedly 7.5%) – at least the Judeo Christian God. For most of them, I suspect finding a relationship between trillions of stars and a book on earth (Bible) that claims to explain the creation of the universe is preposterous. They feel that if God does exist, he couldn’t possibly care about us while he is governing this whole huge universe. I can understand that logic if an astronomer has no faith. However, for me, it’s more evidence – if not proof – that God must exist. How else can it be explained? In view of the fact that I have only one “God option”, I choose to believe that option. And, that seems pretty logical and scientific to me.

— Martin Manley, Martin Manley: My Life and Death