The idea is old but not exactly old-world: I wouldn't be surprised to find the phrase in some insurance policies even today for example. But the whole concept o

The idea is old but not exactly old-world: I wouldn't be surprised to find the phrase in some insurance policies even today for example. But the whole concept of chalking things up to a God is interesting -- basically whether you believe in a God or not, it's a stand-in for anything that exists apart from us, wasn't created by us, certainly doesn't exist FOR us or do our bidding, and might do things with indifference to us that either help or hurt us. Pretty good antidote to hubris if you asked me. But yeah that does happen to be a pretty good description of Google for most people, not to mention something like COVID-19.