(Red_Letters88;45739)
It was at that moment when I decided to read the bible cover to cover.
(zadzial;45738)
God is happy for us to ask questions and the Bible provides us with the answers.
(Nyoka;45649)
If you are questioning to make sure your faith is scripturally based then I don't see a problem with it.
The problem for me is, when I read the bible, I find more and more things I don't like about it. I notice contradictions, and poor treatment of people. I'm not trying to bring anyone down, but that's my experience.(RaddSpencer;45705)
Ok, Well you have officially won my "What in the heck are you talking about" award! If you are willing to discount large swaths of Christian academic material (even dating back to early church fathers like Justyn Martyr, Tertullian, and Jerome), then there is nothing I can do to help you.
It's not that I have a problem with christian literature, it's just that I have a problem by using ONLY christian literature to get answers. No christian literature is seriously going to challenge me is it? That'd be "dangerous".I've got a reasonable amount of christian literature and have ead it.
I mean, its like you are asking a doctor to put away his tools because you don't trust them. There is not much the doctor can do for you if you don't trust his tools.
I think that's a poor analogy, a better analogy would be one doctor prescribing me aspirin for a headache, and another doctor prescribing me acetaphomin, because both doctors have been "paid" by drug companies to prescribe certain things. Which one would I trust?If I read a book on NT history from a christian source, it gives proof of how it's infallible and completely historical, but if I read about about the NT from a secular historian, it points in a completely different direction. WHY should I trust the christian one more than the secular one? I should give each equal weight, otherwise I'm not being fair on myself and not being honest with myself. Can you see what I mean?
But this begs another question. WHY are you asking us about questioning your faith? Aren't we considered a BIASED CHRISTIAN SOURCE too? YOU have already made up your own mind concerning this question. Its obvious to me that you have rejected Christianity.
I haven't rejected it, but the more I try to look deeper and deeper into it, the less satisfied I become with it. I'm asking because I genuinely want to know what other think of this situation. It has been inspiring and has helped me think about it though, so not all is lost. (Denver;45677)
Well, it comes down to are you are Christian or are you not a Christian? What's your answer to that?
Right now I honestly don't know. I'm struggling, thats for realI guess when I ask if it's ok to question your faith, I'm asking if it's ok to question your faith from an outside/objective view. Because looking at your faith from inside your faith, yeah that's fine, but what about if I try to look at it from an outsiders point of view. I mean, if the bible is real and inerrant, then it WILL stand up to questioning. But right now for me, it's not. How can I deal with the contradictions I find? Am I really meant to trust in God even though I disagree with his treatment of people and the general total path he has put humans on?