Elif Batuman
I have always known my mother as an agnostic, less certain than my father that the universe hadn't been created by some great intelligence. But she would get even more annoyed than my father did when she thought that people were invoking God to do their jobs for them — for example, when she saw a bus with a sticker saying 'Allah Protect Us'.
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Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous...Anytime you turn on your own concept of God...The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself...By virtue of my traditions, and my community...Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be...The essence of Government is power...
