I was just commenting in another thread about how Cavil placed the Five on the colonies so that they could see what Humans were really like first hand and share their fate. (Cavil assumed the attack will kill everyone.)
But the Five all survived, coincidence? I think it wasn’t. I think the one true God spared the Five and just as it had in the holocaust on Earth. Now the five were saved and as a result, the major players in the fleet, along with Galactica were saved.
Anders was spared, which lead to the start of the resistance, saving countless lives. Tigh, Tyrol were saved, saving the Galactica and all who served on her. Also Tory and Ellen’s shipped were spared and managed to join the fleet.
I’m not sure if Tory was liked to Roslin at all at the time or whether she was on a completely different ship, but the divine intervention to save the five ended up saving the fleet itself.