Have you ever doubted your own faith?

Question

Well has this ever happened to you and if so why?

Answer 1

I don't have faith. But anyone who doesn't look critically from time to time at what they believe in (I do), is a fool.

Answer 2

It happened when my father died so suddnely on vacation. He was only 67. I also questioned it because of 9/11. I felt like my faith was shattered in so many ways that day. It has been a long road back and the only way I can deal with it is to believe that everything happens for a reason. I think on some level we all have found conflict with the idea of evaloutin and creation. It does make you wonder. Hope you get some answers here! Good Luck!

Answer 3

I have doubted my faith many times in my life. I guess sometimes life just gets us so down that we look for answers. God gives us the ability to doubt and ask questions. Remember what the bible says, "Seek and you shall find".

Each time I do stray and start asking questions and doubting my faith when it does return it comes back 10 fold.

I also have to remind myself that God does answer our prayers, just not always in the fashion or way that we think He should. When I look back on things, a lot of the time I realize that what I asked for or wanted is what I got, just not necessarily in the way I would have wanted it at the time. And sometimes what I think I want or wanted I may not have been abe to handle and God knows this and never gives us more than we can handle. Just because we may think at the time something is a good idea, doesn't always make it so.

"All that I have seen allows me to trust the Creator for all that I can not see"

Answer 4

Of course I have. It's normal for someoneto doubt their faith, though many people discourage it out of fear that the person will drift away from that faith. But what good is a belief if you only follow it because you have no choice?

Answer 5

I have never doubted my faith. I haven't been tested as strongly as some people have though. I do not know is this will ever happen to me. I hope not.

Answer 6

My faith only rests that I have made the right conclusion in becoming an atheist, and I have yet to doubt this faith.

Answer 7

i did not doubt my faith in Him, i may have been a little upset and wondering why things were not working out by my timetable, but then, i worked hard to get my ego out of the way and let him know that "thy will not mind be done"
i trust God, although sometimes i question his timing and events he throws into my life. but, he is the Master planner, so, i surrender and let Him lead the way. I know the universe is set up for your highest good. we just have to have faith.

Answer 8

Years ago when I felt abandoned by people that I thought loved me, I questioned the existence of God. When times got better a friend took me to an Assembly of God church. It was there that my faith was confirmed and strengthened because their beliefs are ridiculous The Lord was showing me that any place that preached hate and bigotry is not really God's church. Many times the Lord spoke to me and told me that something they said was not true. Not true for me. Doesn't mean that it isn't true for them. The Lord confirmed that there are many path's to God and He doesn't care which path we choose.

Answer 9

Everyone I think has doubted what they believe. That is part of the process of learning. You need to always question your beliefs and there is nothing wrong with that. If what you believe has any Merritt to it then it will stand up to being questioned. People should always question what they believe and what others are teaching them.

Answer 10

When both of my parents died I questioned everything. Everything I believed was a frothy mess. I was angry, and could not understand why.
I have come to terms and now understand. I also have a deeper appreciation for my faith and life in general.

Blessings )O(