Are the Gods of different people talking to each other? Do the Gods of the cities in China talk to the fathers of the Japanesse? With the of the Ksibalba? With Alla? With Jehova? With Jesus? Is there an annual meeting where they compare their believers? Mine bow and touch the floor with their heads and follow lines in the wood for me, says one. Mine sacrifices animals, says another. Mine kills anyone who disgraces me, says the third. That is the question I think about often. Are there among them those capable of bragging honestly – My believers obey my good laws and treat each other generously and just live simple and generous lives?
— Orson Scott Card, Whispers to God by Han Ching-Jaou, Children of the Mind