I hadn’t read any
Terry Pratchett before, and I doubt I will be in any great rush to
read any more…
However the idea
this novel explores is interesting – that Gods get power from being
believed in. In this case, despite the “Church” being powerful it
has somehow stopped believing in its God – who as a result has been
reduced from being almighty to being a tortoise.
It is an easy
caricature of the Vatican, but we can probably see the same in most
Churches, where the institutional power has become self-perpetuating
and risks losing sight of the mission that comes from God.
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