Source: How Jesus Became God (2014), Ch. 1: 'Divine Humans in Ancient Greece and Rome'
As quoted in Dictionary of Quotable Definitions (1970) by Eugene Brussell
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Source: The Lonesome Gods (1983), Ch. 8
Context: Long ago, before the Indians who live here now, there were other people. Perhaps they went away, or maybe they died or were driven out by these Indians’ ancestors, but they are gone. Yet sometimes I am not sure they are gone. I think sometimes their spirits are still around, in the land they loved.
Each people has its gods, or the spirits in which they believe. It may be their god is the same as ours, only clothed in different stories, different ideas, but a god can only be strong, Hannes, if he is worshiped, and the gods of those ancient people are lonesome gods now.
They are out there in the desert and mountains, and perhaps their strength has waned because nobody lights fires on their altars anymore. But they are there, Hannes, and sometimes I think they know me and remember me.
“Mr. Weiss: I know that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Chick tracts, " Holocaust http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0054/0054_01.asp" (1984)
Upland, Indiana http://www.kidbrothers.net/words/concert-transcripts/upland-indiana-sep2196.html (September 21, 1996)
In Concert
