[Not A Snowbird]

But the cold revelation that our small planet may be the most important thing in the entire universe, and our existence almost impossibly lonely, may be something we find very hard to face up to.

I suspect this author does not know God.

[DugwayDuke]

“But the cold revelation that our small planet may be the most important thing in the entire universe, and our existence almost impossibly lonely, may be something we find very hard to face up to.”

He’s saying he would have to admit there is a God.