1 or 2 years ago there was incident at a Florida Airport. The Fire Department did a rescue, I think.

Anyway the commander was asked leading questions by the media about "god" saving the day.

The response was something like this:
"I am secular. The Fire & Rescue Crew, did our job through training and preparedness."

It’s comforting that there are some gods out there on the mean streets fighting for law and order.

I bet Thor and Shiva are having a wild time!

Or when someone says, "It's a miracle the police found the murderer." It would be a greater miracle if the murder never happened in the first place.

It shows a certain weakness when someone in a position of authority cannot use more subtle means when dealing with a troubled individual.

It's interesting to me that some local news outlets included it and some did not. I do not remember which station I was watching. The Santa Ana police captain? (4 stars on his collar) looked Latino maybe, so it might be his denomination. While it was indeed fortunate (acknowledging the role chance plays in the randomness of the universe) no one else was injured, it looks as if this might have been "suicide by cop" so apparently "the grace of God" didn't extend to someone hurting to this degree. Or maybe it did. Who the fvck knows?

Probably just a figure of speech

It’s just a figure of speech probably. Even if the cop meant it literally, there are rational ways of understanding such a statement that don’t create inner turmoil.

I try not to let the utterings of my fellow humans destroy my serenity.

So the police officer decides to give god a little credit here. Simply amazing! God can do anything he wants to except that he just don't. I don't think he ever did.

Protestants being murdering catholics since england was england.

If you're 'troubled' by public officials invoking God, first, where have you been? And secondly, welcome to the club! Attributing the so-called 'grace of God' for saving some, while allowing others to be killed, invites much scrutiny. And yet, this ludicrous acceptance of divine interference survives, and is nearly ubiquitous, to the extent that an assumption is made (on the part of some) that a belief in God is the default state. But the following famous, and rather awkward, example of such an assumption is instructive, not only to the viewing audience, but to the press corps! Not everyone is a sheep, Wolf!

In the first place how did he know that it was ‘by the grace of god that no one else was killed?’ What happened to doing the job that you have agreed to do? Passing situations off on God, seems so feeble to me! The Country has become more and more like the Wild West than the Wild West was, back in the day!