“On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.”

“On the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists.”

“The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is so important to shoot missionaries on sight.”

“Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.”

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”

“Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot.”

“It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact of the matter was that the Disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing their windows.”