Is it possible for a Christian to admit that their religion could be false or wrong?

Question

Not that I have any right to judge. Or like I have any gauge of what beliefs are correct. I have no idea.

And being that I'm waging the war with and against belief, I've seem to come to my crossroads with Christianity and that is this :

It SEEMS that any logical and intelligent human could be able to humbly admit that NO idea or belief is certainly correct or uniquely identifiable as "totally accurate". And it accordingly seems that true Christians are unable to admit that their beliefs could be made-up, or that their religion may be offset in some of its messages and the way it's delivered to the public.

So Christians, are there any of you that are like... holy trinity, fire and brimstone, that can say "Yes, Christianity may be totally man made," or, "Sure, I suppose some of the things I believe happened might not have".

Thank you for your help and idea. I'd also like suggestions and information as to WHY it seems Christians are unable of this.

I'm acutally not judging at all, I'm trying to gain knowledge so I don't have to judge. I have unfounded opinion I'd like validated or disproved.

I'm just trying to figure life out.

PPS...

It also seems like you could have faith without acting or being CERTAIN. Faith is just strong trust or hope, really. So it seems like that's what faith should be, trusting that you are right but understanding that you might not be. Isn't that TRUE faith? Don't think I'm challenging, because I have no idea. But it seems that faith would be saying, "Yes, I could be totally wrong but I trust that my god is with me and I hope he wont lead me astray."

PPPS

When it comes to KNOWING, or 'finding out for yourself (myself)' I would think those would be the things that should make Christians able to make the "possibly impossible" statement. To KNOW for yourself, it would seem like Jesus would need to appear certainly and solidly in front of you (me) and declare his father's infinite love and power.

So that's why I'm wondering why Christians can't offer up some possible impossibility...

Answer 1

I wish you good luck in your enterprise, it is certainly a noble one. However, Christian faith is best described as the faith of reason denial. It´s more difficult to have a Christian admitting he´s been thinking wishfully all his/her life than for an alcoolic-sociopath-drug addict to admit there´s maybe something wrong with his behavior. There´s simply no way to make a Christian literally "see the light" unless something spectacularly and tragically unfair happens to him/her. And even then... Reason is not guaranteed.

Answer 2

We trust God. He would not let anything happen to distort His words for us. He is right . And if you do not have trust which is faith spelled differently, then you do not have a true Christian befeif in God.
Christianity is all about trust and faith. If you have the experience of the moment of being saved by admitting you are not in control, you are a person who does things that God says not to (sin), that you are no better than anyone else, and felt Him take it from you, you would have no problem in believing it is real.
With out that experience of the saving of your soul by being forgiven, you will never understand how we do what we do so easily.
It is a physical feeling of such a wonderful relief! You just have to experience the taking of your sins and the filling of forgiveness for them before you could ever start to understand us. It is a good thing my friend and I recommend it to every living human being on this earth.
but I will not press you nor push you to do so. It has to be at the will of God's timing and not mine. He is in control and that is a true fact. I hope you someday are tapped by Him and will let yourself turn around and face Him.

Answer 3

I certainly think a christian admit the possibility they are wrong - what's wrong with the statement "Christianity might be man-made but I don't think it is" or even "I know it isn't"?

I think some people refuse to admit the possibility either as a way of demonstrating the firmness of their faith or because they think it might seem to others that christianity is not true.

Answer 4

i consider myself catholic and i disagree with some of the teachings of the church. i've grown up in catholic school, my entire education, grade school, high school, and even college has been in a catholic institution. i went to church every sunday through grade school and high school, was actively involved in my youth groups, and am baptised and confirmed in the roman catholic faith.

i disagree with the church's stance on birth control. i am pro-choice though i am against abortion (that is not a contridiction, i assure you). i believe the majority of the bible, most notably the old testament, is a story. ancient peoples had very little knowledge on the ways of the world, on gravity, the solar system, weather patterns, natural disasters. so to explian these events they made up stories, they created gods (roman, greek, nordic, hindu). now i'm not saying that the christian god is a man-made ideology. i honestly have no idea. moses may have been a real person and there is evidence to support that jesus was a real person. but is everything written about them in the bible true? i doubt it. they both were probably extraordinary men, but the "miracles" they preformed were most likely exaggerated over the years. i dont believe jonah lived in a whale, i dont believe that the entire world was flooded and noah built an ark, i dont believe that adam and eve were the first people on earth (and if they were, wouldnt we all be committing incest then?), i dont believe that jesus' ancestors all lived to be 400 years old, i dont believe that the world was created in 7 days. these are just stories to explain to ancient peoples how things works and how the world came to be.

as to why some people believe that the bible is a work of non-ficiton, i honestly cannot explain that. in fact it baffles me to no end. it's nice to have faith but that kind of faith is blind faith and that is not good.

Answer 5

I'm a Christian and willing to admit that the Christian religion may be wrong, but I personally don't believe it is, otherwise I wouldn't follow it would I? No one can "prove" any one religion is absolutely correct or any one religion is absolutely wrong. In fact I think we can learn things from people of different religions if we could learn to relax and accept it as a learning experience instead of a threat to our own beliefs.

Answer 6

Since the books in the Old Testament and the New Testament were written over a great expanse of time by various authors and since the law of correspondences is consistent (how to interpret parables), that would be a no. I wouldn't consider Christianity wrong.

Answer 7

I don't believe being a Catholic is wrong because the better Catholic I become, the better person I am in every way.

If following the Catholic Church made me a worse person, I would question it.

But I am still a long way from perfect!

Peace!

Answer 8

That's why religion is all about FAITH..nobody has all the answers because if they did they would be God. And it's not just Christians, there are tons of other religions too and ALL of them including Christianity are about faith and without faith it's not religion.

Answer 9

Nope. Cause if they admit they might be wrong, they are not showing complete and total faith, which is what their religion requires. I think they must believe that if they question it, they will go to hell. Otherwise, why would they NOT question it??

Answer 10

the only factor that gets any theist to confess their errors is honest introspection. not something interior the organic universe will suffice. It might desire to come from interior. There are some theists who will take that experience in direction of reality, yet maximum won't.