Sacredieu!

It means holy God! in French. It was the only pun I could think of, okay?
Anyway, I just wanted to bitch a little about religion. We were having a chat in the office today, and our secretary has a sister that is a total Jesus-freak. I mean, orgasmic about Christ. Personally, I can't understand how someone could lack so much self-assurance, be so desperate for something to believe in, that they will turn their life over to a person they don't know, cannot fathom, and do not understand, with the complete blind faith that that person will provide a happy life for them. Don't get me wrong, I'm not banging on Jesus, chances are at the very least he was a real cat that had some interesting philosophical views and got nailed up because some powerful people didn't like what he was saying.
But to look down on others because they don't hang on every single two-thousand year-old word (supposedly) he said, and doing nothing for yourself but saying 'God will provide,' isn't going to get you very far in life. It goes the same for those who believe that all they have to do is accept Christ as their savior and they're guaranteed a pass into heaven. This is saying that no matter what you do or how horrible of a person you are in life, Jesus will say, 'it's cool' and let you into the eternal garden party anyway. Afraid not. James 2:26. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. And even though it isn't in the bible, Ben Franklin said it and he was a smart dude; "God helps those who help themselves."