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" literal lightning bolts rippled out of him. “No—knowledge. Share some of the secrets of the universe, let them in on some of your divine, God-only-knows knowledge.” “Why?” “Faith,” Penemue said. More confused looks. “By sharing a bit of your divinity with them, you will be expressing your own faith in them, and that … that is something they will reciprocate in kind.” And therein lay the crux of Penemue’s argument. Faith is a two-way street, and when you think about it—really think about it—it’s a tough pill to swallow. Faith was always one way: humans to gods. The idea that faith could be two ways, especially in the way Penemue meant it, was something most couldn’t wrap their heads around. Hell, I struggled with it and I’m an atheist. Even after the gods left and there was irrefutable proof that they existed, it didn’t change how I felt, because I never had faith in them before, and that didn’t change after. "
― R.E. Vance , Paradise Lost Epic Boxed Set (Paradise Lost #1-4)