Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.
When I was a kid... I needed to belong.
The point is this: that the stream of memory may lead you to the river of understanding. And understanding, in turn, may be a tributary to the river of forgiveness.
If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.
With destruction comes renovation.
Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference