The behavior of animals does not provide moral justification for human beings to do the same. - Jim C. Hines

Maybe this was why gods stayed on another plane of existence. If they stayed here in the mortal world, their followers would be too tempted to punch them in the face.

This is the worst excess of conjecture and wishful thinking," snapped Jackson. "We don't know if Isaac is capable of any of this."
"He believes he is," said Bi Wei.
"I once met a woman who believed she was abducted by aliens who looked like the Teletubbies," Jackson shot back. "That doesn't make it true.

You don’t do what’s right because you know it will work out. You do it because you know it’s right.