“Because God’s a bastard and a pendejo and an alfeñique.”

Jesus Helguera The woman smiled and walked back onto the beach and dropped down upon the sand and stared up at the moonlit sky. Maria joined her.
“Why do you want to anger God?”
“Because God’s a bastard and a pendejo and an alfeñique.”
The woman laughed and stretched out on her side, resting her pretty face on her hand. “I’ve never heard anyone say such a thing.”
“Oh, it is the truth. God has done nothing but torture me all my life and he’s killed everyone I love. He’s taken everything from me.”
“I see.”
“And so, I…” She looked the woman in the eye. “Do you know the Ten Commandments?”
“I do.”
“I will break all of the Commandments to mock Him. And I plan to rob and steal and bring everything to you so that you can give me money. I’m going to help poor people because God is too much of an alfeñique to do this thing. And I am going to kill every bad man I meet. Every one.”
“I see.”
The woman was very calm and Maria thought at least the woman would try to argue with her or lecture her, but she did nothing but smile at Maria and look pretty in the moonlight.
Maria wanted more wine and walked over to their clothes and picked up the bottle and drank from it. She handed it to the pretty assistant and she did the same.
“Aren’t you angry at me for saying bad things about your God?” She liked the woman. She seemed to be wise and kind and treated Maria like a peer, not like she was a young girl who knew nothing.
“Oh, He’s not my God.” Maria's Trail