&gt;<i>It says a lot about the mentality of the French left that calling a religion &quot;stupid&quot; gets you a criminal charge...</i><p>Well, in the US if it hit a wrong nerve with someone you could lose your job -- even if you said it on your personal account. Heck, it has happened for far less offensive things.<p>And unless you name-check God every so often, whether Republican or Democrat, you ain&#x27;t getting to be President. If God &quot;talks to you&quot; directly, even better.