Many thanks Runner. You addressed Ezhil's thread concisely. Thank you for educating me on Jesus and God's teachings [admittedly have not sat down and read either the Old or New Testament in many years].

My first challenge:a family friend at 8yrs of age losing both her parents and two siblings in a vehicle accident where she was told the news in her hospital bed. My parents took me to see her. Being 10yrs old and seeing the heartache in Kim's face was horrific to say the least. I prayed over the years for her and a remaining sister.

After Dad's best mate died in a trucking accident alongside him, his faith and prayers were the only thing that got he and his mate's family through the ordeal [1970's].

Next my first cousin drowning at 21 [me 15yrs] and his body missing for a week. Next, my 7 yr old cousin dying of a neurological complication during an epileptic fit, then my old neighbour Janine Balding murdered on my honeymoon, a work colleague murdered at 21yrs, another cousin drowned in an accident at 23yrs, the list progresses as it does with everyone throughout life. A miscarriage, prayer.

Throughout these tragedies I prayed for every one of those dying young that God Jesus and Our Lady would receive them and just as importantly prayed for their parents and siblings that they would strengthen and hearts ease quickly.

My way of coping? Yes. Am I just believing in God, Our Lady and Jesus as a selfish way of coping? No.

The faith I have, through prayer, is the most powerful "gift" that my father [Dad] could ever have taught me to do from the age of 5yrs, and thank you God,Jesus and Our Lady, most of all, for blessing Dad as my father, or I would not be alive today, without the "gift" and/or introduction given to me of prayer. Each to their own beliefs though and I comprehend this.

Insecurity among the people necessitated the invention of God.Sense of insecurity is due to social problems such as fraud, corruption,cheating,exploitation, betrayal even by the near and dear ones and similar other things in society in a large scale. When social situation improves there is a decline in people's belief in supernatural powers.So by "Faith in god is faithlessness in man" we try to convey the message that people should become good to others so that others are not driven to a state of hopelessness.Let us not seek solution from super natural powers while the fault lies in ourselves.Only a civilsed society can solve the problems of mankind.As long as we believe that supernatural powers decide our successes and failures , our follies will remain for ever and the problems will continue to haunt us because we will correct our mistakes.