Why if ever did you question your faith??
I'm having an interesting time right now and I was just curious really.
I'm having an interesting time right now and I was just curious really.
KAL
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I don't think I've ever questioned my faith in God (except perhaps in a brief moment of despair). I've questioned my faith in what I believe about him...I do this all the time as I seek to know more about him.
To me, these kinds of doubts are a clear sign that I'm onto something. Perhaps I'm still operating under some bit of misinformation someone taught me as a child and those doubts will help me reveal and correct my mistaken perception. Perhaps I'm seeking justification for something I want to believe instead of truly seeking God's wisdom and those doubts will help me to see the truth. Perhaps my interpretation of something puts an unnecessary limit on the grace or the power of God...and those doubts help me remember that God is "bigger" than my feeble imagination.
Pedestal 42
Not so much my faith, but the trustworthiness of the object of it.
Training bible study leaders, and doing and teaching evangelism, I gradually discovered that the Christianty I had been presented with, had believed and committed to, was not what I found in the bible and in the history of the Christian church...
It took years to try and resolve this, so I'll give you no trite precis answer, but eventually I had to become an atheist.
That world view appeared, appears, more true, more honest, than what I had previously believed.
(yes, I could be wrong, but I can only have faith in what I can honestly believe: not out of fear, or habit, or wishing it were true.)
Not questioning faith, but where faith was directed.
If faith itself was good and not to be questioned, every fanatic who has ever lived (or died) would have been correct.
Which is a nonsense.
Dusk
I agree with gggsbaby, my belief growing up in the Roman Catholic faith was always out of fear, that if I didn't believe or adhere to the Christian religion that something bad will happen to my loved ones or to myself. I still feel that way, that I believe out of fear. I know it sounds sad, but true. I can't help but to keep things in the back of my mind, I'm confused right now too on what's right and wrong. I don't know why a merciful, loving God would condemn everyone who doesn't believe or adhere to a certain way of living and only "save" certain people.
Especially Catholicism, where the Pope is venerated. Sorry but I don't venerate man no matter what status he is with the Church.
The Christians/Catholics say to believe in the Bible and their faith, but honestly the way they make it sound its do it or never be happy after life as we know it. I just can't see everything the way they see it, especially those who are ultra conservative.
On the flip side of the spectrum, I know I'm definitely NO atheist, because I don't believe the world, the universe happened on accidental big bang and that's it. I know there's more to life than just that. Its all confusing and its driving me insane.
Lim ♥ E
I was raise a Catholic and happy to be a Catholic. My relation with God I may say it is in good term than we had before specially now our relationship becomes deep and personal.
I was not taught to venerate the pope but to give him my respect being the most guardian of the catholic doctrine.
I was also taught in the Catholic church about hell and heaven but not to threatened me but to show me my freedom that I can choose between doing evil or good while at the same time knowing the consciences of what I have done.
Yes I believe in hell as will as heaven. But I choose to goto heaven when I die.
Why if ever did you question your faith??
Because there was a time when I was tested with problems after problems which I thought that it was beyond my human limits.
Then I begone to question " are You there Lord". Why did You allow this problems to happened to me when our relationship is still in order. -- But later on I realize that it was not His time to answer me yet. " God's time you know ".
Now I feel best and answered.
I thanks to the Lord.
stbb
I am constantly questioning my faith and founder's words of this Religion, and time and time again, I have no choice but to reconfirm it, because it is the truth.
Why do I question my faith, because in Buddhism, we do not want followers with blind faith, we want independent thinkers.
And that was the lesson taught by Shakyamuni Buddha, he said, "Do not accept my words as the truth, you must examine every thing I said and confirm it for yourself, once you confirm what I said is truth, then accept them and follow them."
Until today, I have followed his advice and created as well as followed his footsteps to final Enlightenment. So far he has been telling the truth, and I am unable to prove him wrong.
My searches along with millions of past accomplished masters all have to confirm for ourselves what the Buddha taught was the truth, not like some book with a lot of logical faults and still asked you to accept it on its face value..