Jack L When I was 53, I had been a believing christian for about 47 years. The prayer I recall most often making -- with ever increasing urgency -- was "God -- make my faith strong." Clearly for all those years it was not strong and God seemed disinclined to help me remedy that failing. Finally, an event occurred which served to separate me from the practice of my religion and faith ebbed rapidly when I was removed from constant reinforcement. With time I saw the reality -- "Faith is what allows us to believe what we know is not possible". Paul D Sick of deleting your inbox? Yahoo!7 Mail has free unlimited storage. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.html