True, although I would refuse to believe in a god who doles out special favours like surviving cancer only to those who beg and plead through prayer and denies those favours to others, or who has a cruel, complicated divine plan that involves killing millions of innocent people in wars, for example.

As pantheist, I prefer to believe in a caring deity who doesn't interfere in the physical world — it's up to humans to make the best of it or mess it up, as the case may be — but who is there to provide comfort and solace if we reach out and ask for it.

That, unfortunately, takes me back to "dumb luck" for my good response to cancer treatment so far. 🙂 YMMV