” but I’m really starting to think that it’s possible that God really is behind Palin’s miraculous rise, post-2008 career, and possible 2012 Presidental run. “
LMFAO ...God abandoned the USA over 2 decades ago . How do you think we ended up with Bush 1 , Clinton , Bush 2 and now Obama ???
God didn't abandon us, we abandoned Him.
Again, I'm probably among the least religious people in this here room but--allowing for Pascal's Wager:
Who abandoned whom?
The Bible and pretty much all of recorded human history is really just one big long story of human societies "getting right with God," falling away, getting right again, falling away, getting right, falling away, and on and on and on.
It's what we do. Human nature.
You can substitute to remove any religion-specific tint "getting right with God" with "living decently and honestly with each other" and "falling away" with "succumbing to the baser urges of human nature", but the story remains the same.