The Judge of the Earth

"'After that, humanity is in the hands of a higher authority than mine. Let's just hope he's on our side.'
'Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? -Genesis chapter 18, verse 25." (Moore 28, Chapter 3).

This passage shows, again, the impartiality of God, or a God figure. It is Nixon that speaks the first part of this quote, hoping that God, or a "higher authority," like Dr. Manhattan, will "take their side." The next piece is a quote from Genesis, a selection from the Bible. It wonders if the "judge of the earth," God, or Dr. Manhattan in this case, will "do right," presumably meaning to do right by the people of the earth. Dr. Manhattan is, in this panel, sitting alone on Mars, looking melancholy. He is indifferent to humans, not because he chooses to be, but because his powers have made him thus. He can see the future but cannot change it, because to him, everything happens at the same time, his decisions have already been made, have yet to be made, and are being made. He can watch what goes on in the world, and although it may look like he can affect it, in actuality he can't at all. Maybe God is this same way, indifferent to the life he has created because he cannot change what we do. Rorschach believes totally in freewill and will power to change things; he thinks that his decisions make him who he is and create his world. In contrast, Dr. Manhattan thinks it does not matter what we do, because everything will happen as it happens. He cannot change it.