“When I was a little boy, I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised, the Lord, in his wisdom, doesn't work that way. So I just stole one and asked Him to forgive me.”

— Emo Philips

The Guardian - The best God joke ever - and it's mine! (September 1980)

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