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\nMe: Yes. What’s up?<\/em>
\nDad: There’s something interesting on the internet.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMe: Ha.<\/em>
\nDad: I’ve become religious in my old age.<\/em>
\nMe: Oh yeah?<\/em>
\nDad: Not really.\u00a0But I keep reminding myself there are things we’ll never know about. We say, “It’s all in God’s hands.” As if we know what that means.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n