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->'''Gabrielle:''' So? Why should that matter?
->'''Discord:''' [herself a goddess] It doesn't to a '''mortal''', but to a '''god''', belief is '''truth'''. If enough people believe something, or forget something, then it becomes reality for us.
-->--''ComicBook/XenaTheWarriorPrincess'' (2019) issue #4
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->"You got to understand the god thing. It's not magic. Not exactly. It's about focus. It's about being you, but the ''you'' that people believe in. It's about being the concentrated, magnified essence of you. It's about becoming thunder, or the power of a running horse, or wisdom. You take all the belief, all the prayers, and they become a kind of certainty, something that lets you become bigger, cooler, more than human. You crystallize."
-->-- '''Mr. World/'''[[spoiler:'''Loki''']], ''Literature/AmericanGods''
-->-- '''Mr. World/'''[[spoiler:'''Loki''']], ''Literature/AmericanGods''
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->''Many generations ago, Monsters were born of the Human mind. Their fear of us gave rise to our reality! We are no longer myths! But we only live as long as humans BELIEVE IN US!''
-->--'''The Pool of Elders''' explaining to Ickis the origins of Monsterkind, ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'', "Where Have all the Monsters Gone?"
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->''The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.''
-->--''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove''
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->"But where ''did'' they come from? All those gods? All those ''legends''? I mean, maybe we paid a lot of visits to those ancient tribes. It's possible. ''I'' don't remember, but my memory's rubbish these days. Ask anyone. So maybe that's it. Or ''maybe''..."
-> "Maybe some stories are so ''good''... so ''powerful''... so ''wanted''... ...that the universe believes them. So good they're magic. So good they come alive."
-->-- Loki, ''[[ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Loki, Agent of Asgard]]''
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->''"Belief is when mortals know we exist, in [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve these specific identities]]. Worship is [[PhysicalReligion active praise and supplication]] and all that good stuff. Dedication is a big burst that's released when a mortal dies and they're sent off to their god. And Souls just sort of slowly power the [[HomeOfTheGods Outer Planes and the Afterlives]] over time. In order to keep healthy, we need a specific balance of all four ... We used to have a pyramid diagram that explained this better..."''
-->-- '''[[PhysicalGod Thor]]''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1144.html "That's Jack's Fault"]]
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->"Humans have the power to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer. The power of observation has the ability to make certain and whole what is uncertain and without form. The Axiom did not give gods the power of observation... [[HumansAreSpecial Only humans have that power.]] Humans have the ability to change the answer they have found into faith, and eventually into truth. This can invigorate the gods, but it can also kill them. This is why [[CosmicChessGame the gods goad humans to their side, and make them observe things that are beneficial to them]]. This is the direct cause behind why gods fight over humans."
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->"Humans have the power to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer. The power of observation has the ability to make certain and whole what is uncertain and without form. The Axiom did not give gods the power of observation... [[HumansAreSpecial Only humans have that power.]] power]]. [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Humans have the ability to change the answer they have found into faith, and eventually into truth.truth]]. This can invigorate the gods, but it can also kill them. This is why [[CosmicChessGame the gods goad humans to their side, and make them observe things that are beneficial to them]]. This is the direct cause behind why gods fight over humans."
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->"Humans have the power to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer. The power of observation has the ability to make certain and whole what is uncertain and without form. The Axiom did not give gods the power of observation... [[HumansAreSpecial Only humans have that power.]] Humans have the ability to change the answer they have found into faith, and eventually into truth. This can invigorate the gods, but it can also kill them. This is why [[CosmicChessGame the gods goad humans to their side, and make them observe things that are beneficial to them]]. This is the direct cause behind why gods fight over humans."
-->-- '''Stephen''', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse''
-->-- '''Stephen''', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse''
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->"Have you thought about what it means to be a god? It means you give up your mortal existence to become a meme: something that lives forever in people's minds, like the tune of a nursery rhyme. It means that everyone gets to re-create you in their own minds. You barely have your own identity any more. Instead, you're a thousand different aspects of what people need you to be. And everyone wants something different from you. Nothing is fixed, nothing is stable."
-->-- [[spoiler: Jesus]], "deleted scene" from ''Literature/AmericanGods'', included in the 10th Anniversary Edition.
-->-- [[spoiler: Jesus]], "deleted scene" from ''Literature/AmericanGods'', included in the 10th Anniversary Edition.
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->The idea of Gods empowered (and possibly created) by worship naturally has a strong attraction for modern fantasy fans: It takes the prevailing social order of democracy and projects it into the plane of divine metaphysics. Instead of Homeric warrior-aristocrats, Middle Eastern despots or Chinese courtier-bureaucrats, Gods become politicians in the sky, dependent on their base, hustling for support. This premise is appropriate and meaningful for modern fantasy. It just doesn't happen to be the premise of {{TabletopGame/Scion}}.
-->-- '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Shomshak Dean Shomshak]]''', on forums.white-wolf.com ([[http://forums.white-wolf.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1561468#post1561468 link to post]])
-->-- '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Shomshak Dean Shomshak]]''', on forums.white-wolf.com ([[http://forums.white-wolf.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1561468#post1561468 link to post]])
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->"A god’s power comes directly from belief in it... Religion sounds a lot like politics."
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->"When belief in a God dies, the God dies."
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->"If {{God}} is all-powerful, why does He care whether we worship Him or not? Ak just saying..."
-->-- An island native named Ak, ''TheSimpsons''
-->-- An island native named Ak, ''TheSimpsons''
