You're quibbling with "make sure"?  OF COURSE, they can;t "make sure."  It's a figure of speech, tin-ear.  But you knew what he meant.  And knowing that, you still called it a "lazy-man's approach for someone who is unwilling blah, blah, blah."  That's the difference between you and a real Catholic.  You wish Jesus had been just Saul Alinsky, rather than someone who really believes there's a hell and has come to save you from it.  You don't need no stinkin' savior.  Ah, but forgive me.  I wax so medieval.

And I love your oh-so-PC "(or woman's)".  Geez.  If you want to seem genuine instead of just preening and condescending, at least ditch the parentheses.