Your beliefs?
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The Bible teaches that Christians will ultimately be on a restored earth. Essentially heaven and earth becoming one, with Christ as the central figure, to be worshipped as we live in harmony with one another and without the corruptive power of sin. But Eschatology is another discussion in itself. So, it won't be "sitting back etc...".
I don't know about your experience in that Catholic church. I don't ascribe to very much of what the Catholic church teaches and it is my belief that the majority of Catholics have not received the gift of Christ because of the emphasis on performance-based religion.
As for your point about us being needy... we are. I believe we are born with a longing for fellowship with our creator. I suppose you could choose to see it as some manipulative play on people's emotions and no doubt "religion" is just that. It just makes more sense to me that we are simply a people who long for a relationship with God, but who often try to substitute that relationship with temporal things that do not last and do not satisfy. :)