Well, I think that everyone has had their say about at least one aspect of the original post.....

I only have a few minutes to post so I will keep these comments brief. One of the things about a public forum is that every imaginable viewpoint is likely to get posted to it. God, the Bible, new age healing, and the like inevitably enter the boards. They are all part of the coping process when a major stressor is being discussed. Religion is certainly a galvanizing topic and always brings strong opinions with it both for and against. Since a God cannot be disproven or proven, faith and the ambiguities of how each person expresses that faith is the issue. Passions from both perspectives are strong. Those that have it (faith in a God), do