would you be willing to admit you might be wrong? This is a question for all faiths, including Atheists. Is there ANY possibility that you might be wrong? Does your faith/God want you to ask questions? Does doubt strengthen faith?
2006-11-09 11:53:15 · 18 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You bet! And vice versa.
My faith and my gods want me to ask questions. We grow by asking questions and seeking answers. Most of the time asking questions leads to more questions, but it's been my experience that asking questions and having doubts can strengthen faith.
2006-11-09 11:56:46 · answer #1 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Believe it or not, God doesn't have a problem with you questioning to find the truth. Truth is all important to me and finding it is what counts.
This was the problem with the Pharisees in Jesus' day. Their ego was more important than the truth and they overlooked it.
You should test all things by the scriptures, through prayer. Don't just take someone's word on everything...people can get it wrong at times and there are always false teachers out there. That is why I study history as well as the Bible to look for answers. You always have to keep in mind the relevant position of the writer....many seem to have an agenda.
And, yes....I could be wrong.
2006-11-09 20:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by paulsamuel33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. No possibility at all. Yes, I believe that the one true God DOES want us to ask questions and continue to seek knowledge and truth. Asking questions is not necessarity the equivalent of "doubt", is it?
Does doubt strengthen faith? Doubt itself tends to erode faith. But, I've known people who have been in doubt, prayed for strength and support, and came out of doubt stronger in faith.
2006-11-09 20:05:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Doubt feeds on doubt.
Faith feeds on faith.
Faith is not just a mind game, though some try to do it like that.
Matthew 22:37-40 "And He said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 "This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 "The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."
So, Jesus said that it must involve your whole heart, soul, and mind. You can't "do" faith half-heartedly, nor can you leave out your mind. Nowhere does the Bible say to check your brain at the front door of faith. In fact, if your brain is not engaged, you had better double check your faith.
2006-11-09 20:00:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I can not say I might be wrong. I believe. There is not anything or anyone who can make me waiver. I feel sorry for those who refuse to know God. God does not want me to question Him, He wants me to trust Him. My trust in God strengthens my faith.
2006-11-09 20:06:07 · answer #5 · answered by Sunspot Baby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, I could be wrong. Faith means there is no proof, so my faith could be as right or wrong as anyone else's.
My faith encourages asking questions, and I believe doubt, and overcoming doubt, does strengthen faith.
2006-11-09 19:57:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i would never ever say i was wrong, my faith in God is true, i have seen His miracles in my life, and see Him every day when i walk, who else could tell the ocean waves their boundries, to be loved so completely is something i would never doubt. i dont beleive that doubt strengthens faith, but weakens it. faith is beleiving with out seeing, like the wind, you dont see it, you only see what it moves or the sound it makes. God wants me to ask questions, and i do , to get to know Him better.
2006-11-09 20:01:24 · answer #7 · answered by iMaTwin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, if I am right, then I must not be wrong.
No, because faith strengthens me. There is no possibility. Science will end up contridicting itself, I can assure you.
God does want us to ask questions. That's why He gave us mouths to speak with. He also said, "Ask, and you will recieve." (This can mean, you will recieve healing, and answer, whatever.)
2006-11-09 19:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course there are no absolutes in faith, only belief. Were I proved to be wrong, of course I should admit it. That's honesty and is something sorely lacking among people of faith in this day and age.
2006-11-09 19:56:28 · answer #9 · answered by ron k 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry, but I'm a Christian, and I stand on the truth of God. I'M not right, HE IS! I have asked the questions and He has answered them all. Christianity is the thinking man's "religion"...(for lack of a better term). All my doubts were put to rest by His Word, and after I got saved, the Holy Spirit confirmed the Truth to me even more!
2006-11-09 20:00:52 · answer #10 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋