THIS IS NEW TO ME: Do conservative Christians really believe that God will send Manna from Heaven again if the United States faces famine? I’ve never heard anything like that, but maybe I run in the wrong circles.

Personally, I’d say “Praise the Lord, but pass the big-ass cans of stored food.” But that’s just me, I guess . . . .

UPDATE: Reader Tina Parker emails: “Glenn, I have lived in the Bible Belt all my life and have always been active in a church. I have NEVER heard the manna thing. Mark it down as somebody looking for attention.” Well, you never know, but it was news to me. And reader Steve Schubart writes:

I believe I can describe myself as a conservative Christian- though as sort of an evangelical Presbyterian, I may or may not qualify. I can honestly say I have never heard of the “manna from heaven” theory, though I do not doubt you could find someone who thinks that and have them speak for “conservative Christianity.” I think Christians generally believe that God will be generous to people who seek Him in difficult times.

But I think it important to point out that while God will get blamed in the event there is a famine (“If there is a God…why does he let people suffer?”), most famines are man made and one following the collapse of our economy (God forbid) would be no different.

Big ass cans of dried food might be the miracle that people need to be seeking instead. And maybe some reform of the trading of credit default swaps.

Now that might count as a miracle . . . .