Finally tonight: the religion of finance and why it seems nobody minds if money is your god.

Like politics, religion is really hard for some people to discuss reasonably. Heated debates often become angry confrontations and chiming in that Jesus Christ is your Lord is like tossing a molotov cocktail into a fireworks factory.

But the mention of money as the object of worship cools the controversy and puts almost everybody on the same page.

Most might not think of their lust for money as religion, but like every religion, greed has three basic tenets: faith, worship and sacrifice.

The faith in finance is printed right on the money. "In God We Trust" reads the capitalist creed. The deity is the dollar; the "almighty" dollar to the faithful. And people put their trust -- their faith -- in acquiring the pictures of dead presidents.

Faith in finance is the foundation for the outright worship of wealth. Few are reluctant to admit they'd do anything for money.

What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Most will take whatever you're paying.

The sacrifice is more subtle. But the consequences are catastrophic. People have sacrificed quality time parenting for overtime pay, and moral absolutes for absolutely any immorality that's marketable.

Sadly, finance is the only religion where everybody lives to practice what they preach.