We're creatures from another universe, another space-time?
Angel Simon's words shook Li Xiankun to the core, stirring a storm of thoughts in his mind.
He looked instinctively at Angel Simon, hoping to catch some sign that the angel was joking or making excuses. But Simon's face was solemn and sacred.
Are we really aliens?
Beside him, Bishop Flower's eyes lit up. Some of his doubts had been answered, and his mind suddenly cleared.
According to the Book of Genesis, God had created the world and all things in seven days. Yet when the three gods gathered in Egypt, Great Odin had personally said that he, Vili, and Ve had killed Ymir, the ancestor of the Giants, and created the world from his body.
As a devout Believers in God, Bishop Flower naturally believed the account of creation in the Book of Genesis. But reason told him that gods did not lie. And if Great Odin had lied, Ra and Zeus would surely have objected.
The question had lingered in his mind ever since, shaking his Faith.
He desperately wanted to know who had created this world, and whether his Lord was truly supreme and the only one. If his Lord had created it and truly stood above all others, why were there so many stories of creation? Why were there so many gods from other lands and faiths?
If his Lord had not created it, and was not the Supreme Uniqueness, then the Bible...
He stopped himself there. As a bishop, he knew very well that some myths could not bear close examination. Think too deeply, and all sorts of absurdities emerged, enough to shake one's Faith.
In the past, wavering Faith had hardly mattered. Back then, most people believed gods did not exist, and few among Christianity's leaders truly