Christians, I thought your religion is suppose to give you strength? Does it?

No, religion gives no strength to anything. The strength that Christians have is from the Lord Jesus. He suffered the most barbaric death on a cross without complaining. Now that's what we call strength in the face of evil.

Wow. You're getting your information about Christianity through a TV show? Wow.

Yes Jehovah gives his faithful ones strength. (We use the scriptures for backup not movies. 2 Timothy 3:16,17)

Isaiah 40:

28 Do you not know? Have you not heard?

Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, is a God for all eternity.+

He never tires out or grows weary.+

His understanding is unsearchable.*+

29 He gives power to the tired one

And full might to those lacking strength.*+

30 Boys will tire out and grow weary,

And young men will stumble and fall,

31 But those hoping in Jehovah will regain power.

They will soar on wings like eagles.+

They will run and not grow weary;

They will walk and not tire out.”

Other scriptures:

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001061127/102...

Religion and Its Role in Human Life

To understand what religion is and what is its role in the life of men, we should first of all know its definition.

Religion may briefly be defined as under:

Religion (din) is an all-round movement in the light of faith in Allah and a sense of responsibility for the formation of thought and belief, for the promotion of high principles of human morality for the establishment of good relations among members of the society and the elimination of every sort of undue discrimination. To be a little more elaborate, it may be said that we require religion for the following reasons:

1. Sanction for the Principles of Morality

2. Power to Endure Adversities of Life

The Holy Qur’an says:

"Surely those who are close to Allah, have no fear nor shall they grieve." (Surah Younus, 10:62)

3. Encounter with Ideological Vacuum

4. An Aid to the Progress of Science and Knowledge

The Holy Qur’an says :

"Everyone is entangled in the outcome of his deeds." (Surah al-Muddat-thir 74:38)

Faith in religion teaches that limitless knowledge is the source of this cosmos, which is like a very grand book penned by an erudite scholar.

Fight against Discrimination

Islam recognizes only piety and knowledge as the touch-stones of superiority .Allah says:

"Man, we have created you from a male and a female, and we have divided you into nations and tribes, so that you may get to know one another. Surely the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah is he who is most pious."(Surah al- Hujurat, 49 :13)

Roots of Religious Sense

The Holy Qur’an has described religion as man's innate nature and Allah's established order. It says:

Islam is in harmony with nature which Allah has designed for man. ( Surah al -Rum,30 : 30)

Religion and Philosophical Schools of Thought

Religion and Individual Freedom

Strengthen Your Heart With Certainty

Certainty or conviction is a decisive, stable, mental state in accordance with reality and imperishable which gives peace and quiet to the man of conviction, this conviction being related to knowledge about God or related to other matters of belief.

Some Examples Of The Signs Of The Effects Of Certainty

Anybody, who gets the elixir of certainty at his disposal and employs it in his belief and practical daily affairs, will have peculiar excellent spiritual moods and will perform extraordinary works, some of which are mentioned here:

A) Godwariness

B) He Gets Rid Of Deceiving Hopes

C) He Is Patient And Disasters Seem Easy To Him

D) Ascent To Divine Fate

E) Sincerity

F) Piety

G) Trust and Reliance on Allah

http://www.al-islam.org/

I noticed that when the "hard core atheist" got sick, she allowed the Pentecostal pastor to pray and lay hands on her.

Didn't you see that part in that first episode? lol

Every Pentecostal preacher I've met has proven himself to be a legalist. So it made sense to me that he would have swimming rules and an aversion to nakedness. I wouldn't have that problem.

So, you're taking a tv show and trying to apply it to reality? How lame IS that, anyway???

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Yes, my religion in combination with about 20 years of martial arts training.

You do realize you're referring to a fictional story, right?

I don't remember that. Is there another Utopia?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01VGtX9xfh0

We aren't strong. ISIS? Serial killers? Diseases?

Accidents? Christians ARE more attacked. Sorry if you're atheist to say satan has no reason to attack you. Most men are visual...T & A for normal men , they stand up, all up. Normal. Gays only for men.

We pray cause we Know we are weak. Magoo's don't know.