Whether the values ​​of religion are actually true or not is still a subject of debate. There are many valid arguments that say religion is not real, and there are many valid arguments that say religion is real. Throughout history, however, news tends to spread faster than mail to Rome. Sending a very important document asking if he is an angel is much slower than spreading the word that he is. Gabriel Garcia Márquez uses religious elements to suggest that gossip can be more powerful than religion when trying to prove a point. The wise neighbor talks about how the boss is an angel. She is wise. Therefore, it is understandable that citizens believe her. He seems to know more than a priest, who should be a specialist in the subject. Nobody knows what an angel should look like. Upon further inspection of the old man in the mud, the wise neighbor states, “He is an angel” (Márquez 273). The wise neighbor also claims that mothballs “was the food prescribed for angels” (Márquez 274). We can see the wisdom of the wise neighbor followed blindly when “they tried to make him eat mothballs” (Márquez 274). She knows a lot about angels, even though Father Gozaga seems to know nothing, despite being a religious authority in the country. However, the wise neighbor does not know everything about the angels, because later in the story the narrator states that “not even the wise neighbor had been able to tell them what to do with the dead angels” (Márquez 276). This can be interpreted to mean that angels, if they exist, do not die. Furthermore, the wise woman's gossip is more powerful than religious beliefs. Father Gozaga has no idea how powerful a... means of paper... is than religion. This is mostly because the wise neighbor's words of wisdom are taken as facts. However, these facts have no supporting evidence. Furthermore, no one has any idea what an angel looks like, what he eats, or even what language he speaks. Father Gozaga and the wise neighbor seem to know about angels, because the townspeople come to them for information about the man with wings. News that travels to Rome is slow to return, and when it does return there is not even any concrete information to help prove whether the man with the wings is an angel or not. Proving that the man is an angel does not seem to be very important to religious leaders, even though the rumor that there is an angel in the city is attracting people from all over. Gossip spreads news and opinions faster than religion, especially when dealing with uneducated people.