... for what he or she is worth. In the same way, it seems that when we do good for God, he ought to smile at us, pat us on the back and say, "I’m so proud of you!" If that were all there is to religion, what some earlier theologians called "works- ... not need a Savior or a Cross if we could do it ourselves. God’s Justice In the book Anatomy of a Murder, by Robert Traver, the judge in the story, in a reflective moment, philosophizes about humanity. He says, "Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he ...