Have you ever looked at your beliefs objectively?

Answer 1

I forget who said it, but I agree, "The unexamined life if not worth living." How can I know if my beliefs are accurate if I don't examine them?

Answer 2

Yes I have for almost fifty years. I have swung from Christian to backsliding and really questioning. I have traveled the world and lectured worldwide...even in communist countries. I have numerous degrees in the Sciences. I am now a very devout Christian. To state on here everything on here that has convinced me would take all day. Tearing about the Bible is the start to true Belief. Just take it as a whole not pieces, every word is connected in some way.

To the Nihilism person, I question why you say you subscribe to this philosophical view. Few world wide claim to it, it is generally applied to other things than a persons own view point...it is pretty pessimistic

Answer 3

How do you think I became a Nihilist in the first place? ... You think some other Nihilist came along and converted me?

You might not have noticed but Nihilism is about as far from an organised religion as you can get for something that involves quite a number of people with similar beliefs. If I met another Nihilist in the street I wouldn't consider them an ally or kindred spirit in any way: They're just another filthy human... same as me.... albeit one who knows the cruel truth.

One cannot come by Nihilism without thinking about things sensibly, logically and without undue bias....

And the key difference between Nihilism and standard Athiesm is that where Athiests stop and decide that they understand.... we keep digging.... We aren't afraid to stare into the abyss.... or even step into it. Ours is not a "conclusion", but an ongoing expansion of an all-consuming concept.

Answer 4

Everyday. And as always, I am simply finding myself stronger in my beliefs as I go along. If you never question or test your faith, how will you know how weak or strong it is, or where it needs the most work? That goes for any set of beliefs, even atheism.

Answer 5

Yes i had and i had some difficulties in my life about my religion. Im a Muslim but a few years ago i had some doubts in my head and started a research about my religion. Ive read hundreds of articles from opposite ideas,i tried to understand the truth and finally God let me to the right path again. I understood that there is nothing satisfactory except God and Islam.

Answer 6

Of course, lol...and if not, someone on the internet or at the store is bound to point out that I should. My beliefs, my sins, my state of grace are mine and what I do is between God and I. God has his ways of keeping us all objective. By FAITH we believe, by FAITH we trust...and when we come to the end of looking at things objectively, of questioning, even of anger at God...FAITH is what is left and all that is needed.

Answer 7

Yes. And I stopped being a Christian, which was the belief system indoctrinated into me. Anyone who looks at their belief system objectively runs the risk of figuring out it's all bunk.

Answer 8

The best I can tell you is that if you dilligently look for God, he will prove himself to you. There is a pease that settles into your being when you know that God is really there and that you'll be living again. And the friends and family who die will too.
Hell is real though, so stay cool. And be a giver; not a taker.

Answer 9

Yes. For Christians or the curious, read any of Paul E. Little's books. Has to do with faith and reason, what you believe, who you believe. etc. etc.

Answer 10

Yes.