I want you to imagine—not just as you you, raised in postmodernism, but in the shoes of a man who is seeing Modern ideals and technological progress evolve far beyond the expectations of any point in history—discovering definitive proof once and for all that there is something that exists and is greater than yourself, a purpose that predates you (pun intended) and will endure long after you’re gone, and that this purpose is for vast, unknowable entities to have a nibble at the expense of your toiling and fearing. Then come back and tell me Jonah Magnus is unsympathetic.