"No, that's not how it is." Lex said, "There is no omniscient, omnipotent God in this world. If there were, then he surely did not love humanity, because he never came to save me. You're the same, Superman. Either you're as useless as God and simply cannot hear children's prayers, or you're as indifferent as God and never respond to your most devout believers."
Clark was somewhat speechless. Lex's logic had blocked off both ends: either God was not as powerful as people imagined, meaning he surely had weaknesses and could not pay attention to everything in the world—otherwise, why had he not saved Little Lex back then?
And if God truly was omniscient and omnipotent, able to know everything and accomplish anything, then he had to be extremely indifferent and simply did not like humanity. Otherwise, why had he not saved Little Lex back then?
In any case, reasoning backward from the fact that he had not been saved, there were only two possibilities: either God was stupid, or God was evil. Then he extended that conclusion to all Superpower Users like Superman.
As long as there was even one person in the world who had not been saved, it proved that either they were not powerful enough or they did not care enough. And whether they were not powerful enough or did not care enough, they were humanity's enemies.
This theory sounded utterly absurd, but logically speaking, it did make a certain kind of sense. After all, no one had truly seen God. They could only infer motives from outcomes. It was normal enough for someone who had endured suffering to arrive at such a conclusion.
But the theory still made Clark's head buzz. He raised One Hand to cut off whatever Lex was about to say next,