I just want to make that clear before I vote.

On the last topic of conversation – whether or not religious belief is a hinderance on bad people doing bad things… I’m leaning towards agreeing with Eli on this. Because even if you don’t fear the police or legal system, if the notion that you might spend eternity in a pool of fire trying to outswim piranha *does* stop you from doing bad things, then perhaps you aren’t that bad of a person to begin with.
In addition, I’ve seen instances where people are just downright nasty to their fellow man, and when confronted they say it doesn’t matter whether they are forgiven here, because all they need to worry about is whether or not God/Jesus forgives them… in other words they can do anything they want Monday – Saturday, and so long as they make it to church on time Sunday and confess they are completely at peace with themselves and their actions. It’s a way of shedding themselves of their responsibility for their actions, and I’ve always found that to be cowardly.

One last comment: you can correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t recall specifying that the drinking game had to involve alcoholic drinks per se… my brain just latched on to the irony of the phrases “Jesus” and “Christ” and started keeping a tally, and I didn’t want to be the only nerd out here keeping track.