Invoking God to help you win a big hand at the poker table is tacky ,and unlikely to work. Studies have shown that praying for patients after surgery had zero effect on the patient’s outcome, so I doubt the statue trick will work. Besides, if there is a God (as I believe), wouldn’t She want the prices of houses to go down, so that people could afford to buy them with less than 30% of income with a 30 year fixed mortgage? If these people had half a brain, they’d realize that a fair and benevolent God wants housing prices to drop in half, to restore equilibrium and give the next generation a chance to live in California.
