Hive Queen: So many of your people are becoming Christians. Believing in the god these humans brought with them.Human: You don't believe in God?Hive Queen: The question never came up. We have always remembered how we began.Human: You evolved. We were created.Hive Queen: By a virus.Human: By a virus that God created in order to create us.Hive Queen: So you, too, are a believer.Human: I understand belief.Hive Queen: No-you desire belief.Human: I desire it enough to act as if I believed. Maybe that's what faith is.Hive Queen: Or deliberate insanity.
The conversation between the Hive Queen and the human reveals a deep philosophical divide between their perspectives on existence and belief. The Hive Queen expresses surprise at the increasing number of humans converting to Christianity, indicating a lack of concern or contemplation about deities. For her kind, the focus has always been on their origins, rooted in evolution rather than creation by a god. This highlights a fundamental difference between their views on life's beginnings, emphasizing a contrast between scientific understanding and theological belief.
The dialogue continues with the human trying to reconcile faith and belief, suggesting that while he may not possess faith in a traditional sense, he acts as though he believes. The Hive Queen challenges this notion, insinuating that such desires for belief could reflect madness rather than authentic faith. This exchange illustrates the complexity of faith and the different ways beings can approach the concepts of creation, existence, and belief, opening a dialogue about humanity's persistent quest for meaning in an evolving universe.