[mr.handsomeman]

Originally Posted by floorpuncher

But I thought that you believed in prayer? If you do not pray for strength, then why pray? Is prayer not something that is outline in the Bible?

I think the feeling of retribution is common feeling in all human beings to some degree. i feel that this is part of our nature and this is where I have real problem with religion when they so far as to tell us that natural human emotion is sinful and that we are inherently sinful as humn beings. I was a sinner as soon as I emerged from the womb. To say that human being are wicked from the second of conception is ridiculous and in some capacity, insulting.

because prayer isn't always about asking for strength. In the Christianity religion, you pray to talk to God and to have a relationship. You ask for help and for strength sure, but you also thank God and let him know that you appreciate what it is that he's doing.

You pray to have a relationship, you CAN NOT have ANY sort of relationship if you never talk to that person. Whether it be a friend, or a girlfriend, or with your parents, you have to talk and communicate with them in order to have a relationship. It's not about strength all the time.