> If I might add it -- I hope you don't mind my explanation -- the Christian view is that the only 'good' power comes from God, not of our own efforts.

There's something I can't get.

I cannot think of any effort that doesn't come from the man itself (and I'm not referring to physical efforts like moving furnitures).
Believing into something is an effort by itself; maybe rejoining with God may alleviate the strain, may make the person stronger.
At any rate, if you remember my ramblings about Giordano Bruno and the connection between nature, the Man and God I tried to explain some time ago, you'll remember that idea of a so close relationship between Man and God that they 'live' in each other.

Maybe do you mean that, from your p.o.v., any effort towards God is 'good' and any other is 'not good' ?

AP.