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I have always found it a tad strange to have 'saints', but I understand the need, the desire that something larger than our own mortals selves not only exists, but can and would do what we ourselves are unable to.
Indeed, I have my own 'patron saint', in the moon. Strange as it may sound, I have always felt that the one thing we all have in common is that. When I look at the moon, I know and feel that thousands more are doing the same and with that thought it mind, when it's full and bright, I ask it to watch over my loved ones. Wierd? Perhaps....I had always thought so, then found out it's actually a major part of other beliefs.
Many of us also are of the belief that our departed loved ones continue to play roles in our lives-I know I have some belief in that, but logic tells me 'nah'.
Perhaps it all boils down to my first sentence-the need to have faith in something or someone capable of handling the things we as earthbound humans cannot. It is my belief, though, that organized religions exploit this need and not necessarily in an good, altruistic manner.
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Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.
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