Chapters 9 through 12 Summary and Analysis

Chapter 9: Missing

The dispute over God's gender is misdirected. God is actually a married couple. The female of the god couple creates women and the male creates men. On rare occasions, the man-god will create a woman and the woman-god will create a man—just to see what it's like. They are devoted to the people they create and consider them their children. They are delighted with how bright their "children" are and actually learn from them as many parents do.

The God couple is not always happy. There was a rocky patch in their relationship. They watched the relationships of their children and saw that there was sometimes divorce and separation. They paid heed and decided to separate. The two were at war and created their own planets and solar systems. Men were separated from women. But...