Why if ever did you question your faith??

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.

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.

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.

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.

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..

I would read the book ok Job. Despite all that happened to Job, he kept his faith.

He didn't have the internet or some of the new ages philosophies to give him doubts.

May you have faith like a mustard seed that if need will be able to move mountains.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith;

Here are a few

-What happens to genuine and honest non believers does not make sense (ie Hell).

-The Story of Job: God accepts a "bet" from Satan and allows the killing of Jobs 10 children.

-God killing all of Epypts first born children to punish Pharoah.

-God committing mass murder during Noahs Flood.

-God having a vested interest in animal blood sacrifice and -circumsion.

-No indepenant accounts of Jesus' life.

Etc etc

To not question your faith would not be human. everyone comes to a point and starts to wonder about their faith but it is not our faith but God's faith that he gives to us. in this there is hope. we gain faith by asking, learning, seeking His will. it should be

"Do Faith" not have faith.

In the 6th grade my history teacher told my class he was an atheist. Having never heard the term before I asked him about it after class and when I heard his response I said, "What?! I don't have to believe in god?!"

when i realized most of the people in my country of my religion believe an idea equal to the earth being flat.

and seeing how there is just no getting through to many of them,... i can only shake my head in disappointment. it's disheartening.

yet these ignorant folk have much more compassionate hearts than those not sharing our faith. and that is my honest assessment, i see little hypocrisy in them, little unforgiveness, little malevolence at all... in fact most of them are genuinely loving.. yet they are sooo ignornat and narrowminded regarding science., that's my honest assessment., although they are kind so many are ignorant... it's the ignorance.. it's so disheartening.

still beats being an atheist, any day. the good in religion far outweighs the bad =)

you could say i serve "the king of fools."

rather be religious than one of those people who feel they are "too smart"... "too rational".. to believe in God.