Phoenix Maplewood Why did God create atheists?

"So..." Esma began slowly, after taking time to think through every word that John had told her. "... there is no way ever that your God is wrong, is it?" she asked. After all it felt as if this loyal follower would find an excuse or an explanation that his God did, never entertaining a thought that he or she (she had forgotten, whether she had asked, what gender that God was) could make a mistake. But then... come to think of it... Ash Paw had never implied that Atka and Sos could be wrong too. So... in a nutshell, the gods may have taken a different form, but they had the common trait of being perfect in the eyes of their faithful disciples. No more, no less. 

"Why shouldn't your God share his plans with you? Doesn't he trust you?" she asked the next thing that she found odd and curious. "What do you imagine that grand plan being?"

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