#gods

Modern Romans insisted that there was only one god, a notion that struck Alobar as comically simplistic. Worse, this Semitic deity was reputed to be jealous (what was there to be jealous of if there were no other gods?), vindictive, and altogether foul-tempered. If you didn't serve the nasty fellow, the Romans would burn your house down. If you did serve him, you were called a Christian and got to burn other people's houses down. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#christianity #gods #jealousy #religion #romans

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form, but with regard to their mode of life. ↗

— Aristotle

#life

Who is to say that prayers have any effect? On the other hand, who is to say they don't? I picture the gods, diddling around on Olympus, wallowing in the nectar and ambrosia and the aroma of burning bones and fat, mischievous as a pack of ten-year-olds with a sick cat to play with and a lot of time on their hands. 'Which prayer shall we answer today?' they ask one another. 'Let's cast the dice! Hope for this one, despair for that one, and while we're at it, let's destroy the life of that woman over there by having sex with her in the form of a crayfish!' I think they pull a lot of their pranks because they're bored. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#life

The gods are real crazy when it comes to prayers. They listen to some sometimes and do not listen to some sometimes. But the whole world prays, nonetheless-All the time ↗

— Aporva Kala

#life

Sierra felt full of hope and confidence in God. She knew who she was. And she knew Whose she was. Whatever mysterious plan God had for her life, it would be an interesting one. As Christy had said earlier, God writes a different story for each person. Sierra decided hers might not be a bestseller or even a thriller. It certainly wasn't a romance. But it was turning into a fine mystery. And she could live with that. ↗

— Robin Jones Gunn

#confidence #gods-will #hope #life

They live forever. But many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life's value. ↗

— N.K. Jemisin

#humanity #immortality #life #mortality #life

Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#god #gods-will #holy-spirit #life #life

Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest. ↗

— David Gemmell

#fait #gods #life #people #prophecy

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#jo-s-boys #louisa-may-alcott #men #men

It may well be that by trickery of priests men have sometimes taken a mortal's voice for a god's. But it will not work the other way. No one who hears a god's voice takes it for a mans. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#men