@humanearl, That's excellent discussion you provided here. Humans have variation of world views about god. Everyone stay alive now don't see god yet and he's invisible to others and someone believe he's live their heart soul. Whether to thank Him or ask him to make our wishes come true, we have always folded our hands and bowed our heads for Him. But little do we know that praying to God is not an exam in which memorized theories will earn us good points. He sees right through us, through all our never ceasing praying and pleading and right into our soul. He knows that you are thankful to him from every genuine smile of ours. He knows what we truly want even if our words say a sentence with no connection with what he understood. Stay blessed.