If you want a miracle, pray to God. If you’re a criminal, you prey on your victims.
Incidentally, it’s “praying mantis,” not “preying mantis.” The insect holds its forefeet in a position suggesting prayer.
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As a Christian writer, I shutter at the thought of exchanging these two words. ;)
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