from "Blue Like Jazz"

Don Miller is talking about other gods, and how he can sympathize with the Israelites when they build the golden calf. Not because he would build a golden calf ("to each his own"), but because Moses was gone, and they had seen nothing of God for 40 days. And so he had a make believe conversation with Moses, trying to explain. It ended with Moses saying, "...God led us out of Egypt because you people cried out to Him. He was answering your prayers because He is a God of compassion. He could have left you to Satan. Don't complain about the way God answers your prayers. You are still living on an earth that is run by the devil. God has promised us a new land, and we will get there. Your problem is not that God is not fulfilling, your problem is that you are spoiled."