While we can't know everything....we can know all things pertaining to salvation, and God's ways regarding us.At one time I was bothered by the fact that we don't really have ALL the answers.
There was always a loose end somewhere.
I chased the apologetics in every direction, but always came up short somewhere.
And frankly, I don't remember the specifics, only the moment of my release from the tyranny I had inflicted myself with.
I finally realized that I needed to leave some room for faith.
To live with some mystery. To admit that I didn't have ALL the answers.
This follows-up on my previous topic:
Theistic Agnosticism - The honesty to admit we don't know everything
This term came up this morning in a discussion over coffee. I thought it worth discussing further. Being raised in the church, I was held in a bubble of "we have all the answers." Now that I am an adult, I realize the reason for that. We DIDN'T have all the questions. I know, I know... (who...www.christianityboard.com
Which was a follow-up to yet another topic.
Christianity as a Closed System
This is an extension of a previous topic. https://www.christianityboard.com/threads/theistic-agnosticism-the-honesty-to-admit-we-dont-know-everything.53916/ As I have said often, "I was raised Protestant evangelical." --- A closed system. Which had an odd antithetical twist. You can't DO...www.christianityboard.com
No one knows the future besides what is prophesied in the bible. But we can know the sign of the times and situate ourselves properly in the world..with the help of the Holy Spirit.
What we seem to lack the most is self-knowledge. We don't see our true condition before God. So we tend to elevate ourselves by giving ourselves the benefit of the doubt even as we condemn others who don't conform to our way of thinking.
And how much our way of thinking has been adopted through a religious indoctrination?