Wretchard: …what I was trying to get at was whether one believed in God, or at worst, in a Theory of Everything, Sam’s star would shine brightly.

Would Sam’s star shine just as brightly for one believing in a Theory of Everything? That’s what I’m doubting.

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Cor. 13:12-13

Just as Frodo doesn’t know the way but will bear the ring nevertheless, we also don’t know everything now, but instead we have faith, hope, charity. Maybe the not-knowing is the precondition for the faith, hope, charity. Seekers after a Theory of Everything, not content with mere faith or hope or charity, I fear, would like to skip those prerequisites, leaving lots more room for tyranny.