There are gods, who if they catch you groveling at you will scoff in your face. There are gods who abhor worship. There are gods who don’t even require offerings to fulfill requests. There are gods who will tell you to save your food offerings for a starving mortal. There are gods with flaws that give them depth. There are gods who want their authority to be challenged. There are gods who want you to catch them in a lie to prove how discerning you are. There are tricksters and thieves and warriors and oath-takers and deal-makers, and all kinds of gods who prefer getting down in the mud with humans, getting their hands dirty. Gods who require no intercession.

Me, in “Unlearning Western Religion” April 17, 2016  (via bodaciousbanshee)

This is exactly why I love the deities that I do, and why I respect them. I am not interested in gods that are perfect, for I cannot relate to perfection. Show me your flaws and the ways you’ve overcome them, show me you understand the human condition.

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