faith or understanding of it.
2006-11-23 22:18:57 · 11 answers · asked by Mr Hex Vision 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An odd question, but you may have a point; an example would be some of the 'scientists' who have associated themselves with young-earth creationism. One guy has a degree in paleontology and studied under Steven Jay Gould - he knows that creationism is a load of bunk, but ignores all the evidence for an ancient earth, because he wants to believe the bible. I can not comprehend this kind of double-think, and find it quite scary, but the logic seems to be, "There is so much evidence against what I wish to believe, so I must have lots of faith to continue believing - this makes me a good servant of god!"
2006-11-23 22:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. In order to have confidence in a given theory, you need to attempt to disprove it to yourself. If you're not able, despite your best efforts, to disprove the theory, then you can be fairly confident that, unless some other knowledge is found at a later date, the theory is sound.
Not only that, you need to ask yourself if there are any other theories out there which explain what you see as well or better than the theory you currently believe.
Unfortunately for religion, there is very little in the way of tangible proof for it's correctness, which is why I personally abandoned religion. But you may find different evidence which leads you to a different conclusion.
As you try to pick your beliefs apart, you'll find you gain a better understanding of what you believe and why you believe it. And every time your theory on the universe and it's origins stands up to your attempts to disprove it, you'll gain a stronger belief in it. But you have to be honest to yourself and willing to abandon your deepest beliefs if the evidence leads you to that conclusion. Otherwise you're deluding yourself.
Good luck.
2006-11-24 06:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by crunchy_mush 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blind faith is useless. We must have a foundation for our faith and that means searching the scriptures to see if what we believe is actually in there.
It's God's viewpoint not mans that matters. Then if we see that what we read is conflicting with what we were raised to believe then are we humble enough to make the changes in order to fit in with God instead of fitting him in with us?
For example read GENESIS 2:7 - this shows that Adam BECAME a living soul (Notice that this does not say that man was given a soul but that he became a soul, a living person.)
The part of the Hebrew word here rendered “soul” is ne′phesh.
EZEKIEL 18:4 shows that the soul dies (is not immortal)
Does that conflict with what we were raised to believe?
It's there in the scriptures
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By the way, as regards the other question you asked - you asked our opinion about our own religion, that's why I didn't mention other religions. I gave you my point of view from my own beliefs. Thanks for the mention though :)
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2006-11-24 20:11:45 · answer #3 · answered by New ♥ System ♥ Lady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non of them are false, they all exist. Religion is man made and can be proven, look at building of worship, written scripture etc etc. Its the existence of a God that cannot be proven and whether the written word is true or not.
But if you mean should you question your beliefs to gain a deeper understanding then yes!
2006-11-24 06:23:42 · answer #4 · answered by Claire O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, If I found out my religion was false then there would be no logic in continuing to have faith.
May i just add that I belive my religion is not false and therefore have no reason to lose faith.
2006-11-24 06:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My faith is not false and I have respect to all other religions and beliefs.
Peace
2006-11-24 06:22:25 · answer #6 · answered by daliaadel 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i said it before, i am a non believer, but if i was proved wrong by the existence of a god or deity, i would be quite surprised, but that still will not change the fact that i simply do not care and i will not worship anybody ever, and i will live life my way... even if i am proved wrong, that something exists.
2006-11-24 06:30:13 · answer #7 · answered by ~maryjane~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My religion isnt false.
2006-11-24 06:22:08 · answer #8 · answered by Illegals Are S*** 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh yes! as long as your search uses the bible as a measuring standard and you are not using personal feelings as a guide.
2006-11-24 06:23:20 · answer #9 · answered by sherie 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Mine is not false.
2006-11-24 06:21:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋