"I'm not going to get into the philosophy. Just go with 'they're bigger than us so they get run of the playground' for now." That was a far less complicated way of thinking about it if nothing else. And really a dinner party was not the best time to be talking about whether or not God existed.

"I guess they do listen as long as you're polite and I haven't heard about any smitings lately so you might be okay. They'll probably ask for something in return for helping, though."