..I don't believe in Him, and if He does exist, I don't like Him. His type of gods aren't gods who echo how mortals behave. They're gods who are held up as example of perfection to be emulated. They're not gods of the people. They're remote and inaccessible, they demand blind, unthinking obedience from their followers. They're dictators. We Aesir and Vanir, by contrast, are mirrors. Other gods rule. We reflect and magnify. We are you, only more so. We share your flaws and foibles. We are as humanlike as we are divine, and I think we are all the better for that. James Lovegrove
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This quote is very true, especially in the years following the war, when many of the gods had to go through all of the things that mortals go through. This is a very good poem by a man who once found a family and a place in a world that was not his own. He has been in many battles and conquered many foes. He has been happy and sad and happy again. He has been lucky and unlucky, but this man is still going strong in life after life.

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