[terycarl]

I don’t need Mary in there to muck it up.

if I can convince my best friends' mom to put in a good word for me, what's to lose??

[cuban leaf]

—if I can convince my best friends’ mom to put in a good word for me, what’s to lose??—

The analogy doesn’t work because your best friend’s moms words are useless here. To suggest otherwise is to grossly misunderstand the reason for, and function of Jesus death and resurrection.

We all die alone.

“There is a way that seems right to man but its end is death.” - Proverbs.

[metmom]

I don’t need Mary in there to muck it up.

if I can convince my best friends' mom to put in a good word for me, what's to lose??

Put in a good word for you with whom? Your best friend? Not much of a friend if you need his mom to influence him in your favor.