Ruminations on God and Religion

If you have any questions about the existence of God, just go outside on a clear night and look at the sky. But I do have some questions.

1. Why does the God created the universe have a "Chosen People"?
2. Why does this God give his Chosen People a piece of land - and if he did, couldn't he have picked a better spot? (If God were to promise me some land, I'd request Augusta National Golf Club - my idea of what heaven looks like.)
3. I know some people say God talks to us all the time, but why did He stop writing to us 1900 years ago?
4. If God already has a plan for the future, don't we risk throwing off the whole thing by praying for the Steelers to win the Super Bowl?

Mathemeticians may come the closest to knowing the mind of God. None of us may ever know the "Why", but mathemetics gives us the opportunity to understand the "How".