# Your explaination for this work of God **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 17, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-explaination-for-this-work-of-god/603223 "2011-11-17T14:00:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 254
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-explaination-for-this-work-of-god/603223/254 "2011-11-19T17:04:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Not quite as dramatic as the parting of the Red Sea, but inspirational nonetheless…up until the part where you have to explain to the nice officer that you were divinely inspired to jaywalk, winding up in custody under a 24-hour mental health hold, along with various people whom God has advised to commit other dubious acts. I’ve had similar things happen. I had a cop stop me while I was with 3 people who where fairly to very drunk, and I have also has some to drink. There were open bottles of wine in my car, and I was exceeding the speed limit by a fair amount when he started his pursuit. At my side appeared Arch Angel Micheal who told the officer ‘you are not needed here, I am watching over them’, the officer immediately returned my license wished me a good day and returned to his car. When you are doing God’s work you are above earthly authority. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-explaination-for-this-work-of-god/603223)._