why dont people have the confidence to question the bible and the church authorities?

Answer 1

Allow me to answer that question with another question:

Why don't some people have the confidence to trust the Bible and to follow the guidance of Church authorities?

Answer 2

Is confidence a need in questioning? Or is it a need to justify ones own conclusions? To question often means you are looking for the right answer. Where and to whom are you asking your questions? People are already questioning the church and the Bible all the time, problem is it's leading all of us further away from the truth, because they don't know where the truth/answers to their questions are.
I believe that authorities in the church do need to be questioned.
In what they teach, in the decisions they make and in the value of leadership. I believe that just because they are authorities it does not take them above being human and making mistakes. All Christians and non make them. It's part of life.
As for questioning the Bible I ask God questions about it all the time. Like why doesn't this make sense to me? Does this apply to me? Are you sure this is right? The thing about questioning the Bible is, you need to make sure your asking the RIGHT Authority.

Answer 3

Mainly because people were punished,tortured and even killed for doing such a thing in the past and u still could be in some countries and there r probably some religious fanatics that would kill u in this country.However I do just that and I make a lot of people angry.But I think it is time for the truth to come out the bible is full of mistakes and contradictions that people refuse to admit and the church has been and remains to be nothing more than a big business that use the fear of death that is a natural part of life to control people.At the same time they r getting filthy rich,now why does god need your money when he/she has the whole universe.I know this statement alone will make people who r still ignorant of the truth to say I am going to their fairy tale hell.But I refuse to believe it.The church has a lot of power still but I say anything that is scared to be questioned has something to hide.

Answer 4

Not sure. When I read the Bible I see many People whom God loved. They Questioned, got Angry, sinned and even tried making deals. So, I enjoy the one-on-one of questioning my Lord. AND, I do not judge the Church, but, sometimes question the motives of some. Take some TV evangelists, it like they going to make a better prayer for you according to the money you send. OR, sell you some book. I do question those things. I understand it not free to Publish a Book, so, money is involved, but, how many have a PDF file of the Book (E-Book) that a poorer person may get for free off the Inet? Because I know many who do! Just some thoughts of mine.

Answer 5

You should test the authorities in the church because God's Word says test the spirits to make sure they are not feeding you false doctrine. As far as questioning the bible that is rediculous because the bible was written by man but with God speaking to them on what to write down....

Answer 6

On the contrary: People who are true Bible scholars question the Bible and their church pastors all the time. Good teaching pastors welcome the questions. It is the best way to learn.

When you don't understand how a math problem works, you read the book. When you still don't understand, you ask the teacher. The teacher then goes to the book and explains how to get the solution to the math problem. And it continues from simple addition and subtraction to trig and more complicated math problems. Each time you get stuck, you analyze on your prior information and if you still don't get it, you go to someone who does.

Same with the Bible and pastors. When I read the Bible and I don't understand the concept, I ask one of my pastors. They read the passage with me, ask me what I don't understand, use other references in the Bible and explain it to me until I do understand. And the more I understand, the more I know I don't understand, so I continue to ask questions as I grow and learn in my walk with God.

How else can I try, in my best human imperfection, to live as godly as life as possible? Hmmmmmm?

Those who accept without questioning are God's lost sheep and need to be found and brought home.

Answer 7

Because the last thing a Christian wants to do is to be Black Balled by a religious organization. The organization in itself has the right to ex-communicate anyone they want to and once that happens, most churches won't touch you, let alone let you come and serve amongst them. I do question the Bible and I do question authority, but not to their faces. I'm trying to get into ministry, not kicked out of it.

Answer 8

I question all things. A matter of fact, the Bible tells you to test all things. And through my research of Biblical study and spiritual prayer, I have found that God is God and Jesus is His messiah. However I do think that many churches are unholy and do not do the work that God meant for them to do. That is why it is important for people to read the Bible and pray for understanding and not take other's words as divine truth.

Answer 9

I did, and I left. Nobody would answer my questions. I became a muslim. Now excuse me, the church across the street from my house (St Roman's Catholic Church and School) is having a four day festival with the most AWESOME rides, and my husband is watching our two children so I can have a day of fun to myself. God bless.

Answer 10

Question the Bible -- No. Question churches and organized religion -- yes.