That your belief system is nothing more than a useless passion?
2006-11-26 12:45:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How do you know it's not?
2006-11-26 12:51:01 · answer #1 · answered by Ladeebug71 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have several belief systems (if that's a good term) that mean everything to me. I believe in the power of love to fix most anything; I believe God answers prayer; I believe that I have a calling and a purpose upon this planet for the time that I am allowed to live; and I believe that I will go to heaven when my body can no longer sustain life. I don't know how I came to believe these things so deeply, but I do. I hope you have some things to believe in too that are positive and uplifting to the people around you. My most passionate belief system is informed through my acceptance and trust of Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. I don't know HOW I know, I just know that I know that I know. If this wonderful life is a useless passion, then wow! What a cool trip I will have had!
2006-11-26 21:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by mybella 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't. But, if I believe in nothing, then what's the use of living? Is it not better to have a passion, however useless it might be, than to have nothing at all? I will never make a living by dancing, but I am passionate about it all the same. I literally could not live without dancing. The same way, my beliefs have no concrete evidence, yet if I did not have them, I would have committed suicide long ago. So, though I believe that it is not just a useless passion, even if it is, it's keeping me alive and in good enough spirits to brighten the lives of other people.
2006-11-26 20:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by Dancer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a useless passion can't heal,but God can,does and did,when He healed my daughter of Cystic Fibrosis. Can any non-belief system do that?
2006-11-26 20:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I have to take it on faith. I have a minor in philosophy and really question my faith while I was working on it. It seemed like the more I learned, the less I knew. However, I came through it with my faith intact. It could be useless in your eyes, but it's been a constant in my life.
2006-11-26 20:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know because of the experiences I have had the last ten years in studying the bible and hearing from God. I appreciate most people will not believe that makes any sense. Fortunately, it only needs to make sense to me, since I'm the one who believes.
2006-11-26 20:53:18 · answer #6 · answered by Esther 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there have been plenty of short-term, easy to see, good things come from it in my life.
Besides, no experience is useless if it is learned from.
2006-11-26 20:56:16 · answer #7 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the brain is not what shows the way that is the world, my heart bares witness to my beliefs.
2006-11-26 20:48:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well my answer to your question
i believe in Christ Jesus i am a follower of him i believe because not only does history back it up but the Word of God has proved itself to be true many times i have seen the changes in my life and also an extreem amount of faith in what is not able to be seen
2006-11-26 20:54:49 · answer #9 · answered by annie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ's sacrifice is very real.
2006-11-26 22:08:00 · answer #10 · answered by disciple 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋