Christ.No, not Christ. These leavings were made in propitiation of a much older God than the Christian one. People have called Him different things at different times, but Rachel’s sister gave Him a perfectly good name, I think: Oz the Gweat and Tewwible, God of dead things left in the ground, God of rotting flowers in drainage ditches, God of the Mystery.

She was satisfied with the answer God had given Moses from the burning bush when Moses had seen fit to question. Who are you? Mose asks, and God comes back from that bush just as pert as you like: I Am, Who I AM. In other words, Mose, stop beatin around this here bush and get your old ass in gear.

Every man or woman who loves [God], they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God, He Is, what He Is, and in this world He's apt to repay service with pain while those who do evil ride over the roads in Cadillac cars. Even the joy of serving Him is a bitter joy.

Such grave matters as sin and forgiveness should remain between man and God

Momma,’ he said, ‘haven’t you thought that God’s will was for some doctor to invent that drug so you could live longer?

God and heaven lasted about four years longer than the Tooth Fairy

What am I going to say if I end up standing in front of God the Father Almighty and He asks me to explain why I did it? That it was my job? My job?

Deus trabalhava com discrição, utilizando meios que fossem do Seu agrado. Agradara-Lhe deixar que os Filhos de Israel suassem e se vergassem ao peso do jugo egípcio durante gerações. Agradara-Lhe enviar José para a escravidão, seu belo capote multicolorido rasgado rudemente de suas costas. Agradara-Lhe permitir que Jó recebesse a visita de cem pragas, como fora do Seu agrado permitir que Seu único Filho fosse pendurado a uma cruz com uma piada de mau gosto escrita sobre Sua cabeça.

If a man dethrones God in his heart, Satan must ascend to His position.