The Universe is not nice, not cruel, not benign, and not even indifferent. The Universe has no emotion - it is not a conscious entity. It just IS. Life is random - and yes, some horrible people live great lives and make lots of money, while some very good, honest people with the highest integrity have really bad luck and can barely make ends meet. I'm beginning to think that humanity has structured society to favor the fucked up people, not the meritorious people. Just a thought. Look at the shows on cable like the "Real Housewives" series. These are some really screwed-up people, and yet they live in multi-million dollar mansions. Go figure!

The universe is indifferent. Humans, however, are self-interested and tend towards a sort of us-and-them favoritism that allows for the cruel treatment of others at all stages of life. The cruelty of humanity can be intergenerational, causing some people's entire lives to be horrible, even if they were born healthy and with great potential.

I still believe that this means that the opposite is true. If humanity collectively chose a more humanistic orientation, we could collectively live healthier, happier lives as a result. I can't blame an indifferent universe when I am surrounded by a very self-interested human population.

Well I would say for example if you wanted to murder people and take their stuff it'll only be a matter of time before someone copies your idea and kills you, but if you want good things to happen then you have to prove that it exist without expecting a reward. The people who share your caring nature and commitment for peace will follow and help you when your down cause more people help each other than kill each other and even if lifes not perfect we all get to choose which we want our lives to be based on. I feel like if you've been thru a bad experience than you would have the knowledge to either recreate or change those circumstances. Your living enviroment would have a huge impact on what you do, but I believe if even one could change then he/she would be able to encourage other to too.

You can't have everything you want in life. People think they're entitled to get everything. Free or not. Nope.

it is benign and has no feelings at all. a huge meteor could wipe us out and nothing would change apart from us.

I don't know, but all I can say for sure is that the world AKA Universe makes no f** sense. Horrible people can have wonderful Lives, and wonderful people can have horrible lives. Not a bit of sense in that to me.

There is no God..because ...my uncle won $800 bucks on a scratch off....and he's like the worst person ....the universe is cruel

“[T]here is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
—William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Emotionless yet full of logic most of the intelligent strive to comprehend.

I believe the universe is like a rock. You pick up a rock and look at it and roll it around you fingers. It has no emotion, so wheather you throw it at someones head, or skim it across the water it doesn't care one bit. I believe that if you want something you need to work for it. The universe does not give gifts. Sometimes people are just unfortunate and get caught up in a bad situation, take the holocaust for an example. Wrong place wrong time. It's just the opposite for the "so called lucky ones" right place right time. It's kind of like the roll of the dice.

Not the universe, but some people are cruel and greedy. There's enough of everything to go around, if everyone worked together

It is what it is...life isnt fair nor is it unfair. We are born into our socio-economic groups and strive to rise or maintain.