saved by the god who might not be there

2012.11.17
When I was a child, I used to pray to God for a bicycle. But then I realized that God doesn't work in that way--so I stole a bike and prayed for forgiveness.
Emo Phillips
Kind of sounds like the foreign policy we had in the 2000s.
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
Reverend Mackerel,"Mackerel Plaza" by Peter De Vries

God made man because He loves stories.

In a dangerous world there will always be more people around whose prayers for their own safety have been answered than those whose prayers have not.
Nicholas Humphrey's Law of the Efficacy of Prayer

For many years now, you and I have been shushed like children and told there are no simple answers to the complex problems that are beyond our comprehension. Well, the truth is there are simple answers. They are just not easy ones.
Ronald Reagan, inaugural address as governor as California
I would argue "and maybe not good ones".
Miracles aren't always blessings.