wrong about your beliefs?
2006-12-21 08:56:51 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would be the first to admit it if I was. But based on my own personal experiences, my research of the subject, and the facts given to me, I don't think I am.
If I ever "experience the love of Christ" (or whatever it is that they're always talking about) then I'll totally admit that I was wrong all this time. If I ever see or experience God in any way, or experience a miracle that couldn't possibly have any other natural explanation, then absolutely, I will acknowledge God. But none of those things have ever happened.
2006-12-21 09:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anyone that hasn't questioned their own belief system and sense of values doesn't think. The last thing you want to do is waste time on someone who already has their mind made up on every issue. There comes a time in most people's lives however, where their faith either becomes their own, or they move forward without it.
When we're young, we all pretty much use the playbook our parents give us, but at some point that sense of faith or lack thereof takes on its own meaning. We become the product of our choices including what we choose to believe. At the end of the day, it's better to believe in and stand for something than lead a life of total ambivalence. Might I be wrong? Sure, but maybe the Hindus are right and we'll get another crack at it.
2006-12-21 17:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by Dave 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh absolutely. I have been through numerous changes in my beliefs as a consequence of reading, studying and sharing with people. I went from being a Methodist to a Unitarian, back to a Protestant and wound up an atheist. That may not be the end of the road. I am always looking and learning. Have a great day!
2006-12-21 17:12:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course!
I'm an eclectic Pagan, and I question myself everyday. It helps to keep my faith strong. I do not believe in anything unless it follows to be logically true in my head. I may very well be wrong - the only things I try to explain through religion are things that would otherwise remain unexplained, so there is nothing that I rest my faith in that does not have some chance of being wrong.
Once a new tidbit of information presents itself to me, I take it into consideration, and if I find it to be true (or in the very least, logically possible) then I adjust my beliefs accordingly. My beliefs evolve as I grow older and learn more about what CAN be known. I use what I know about the known to shape what I believe to be true about the unknown, instead of the other way around.
Thank you for your question.
2006-12-21 17:10:23 · answer #4 · answered by Lady of the Pink 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. But the worst thing that can happen is that I've lived a good life, tried the best I could, and left the world a better place than when I found it.
My religion teaches an excellent way to live: healthy, respectful, financial responsibility, family togetherness and being respectful and courteous to all I meet.
Is that such a bad way to live? If there isn't a God, there won't be any consequences, and if there is a God, he'll know I tried doing the best I can, knowing what I did on earth. I don't believe there would be a God that would condem me for that, do you?
2006-12-21 17:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've considered it.
It may be that there is nothing sacred in all living things. If there is not, I don't care. I will continue to live as if it were so, because it leads me to a deep appreciation for life, and I would feel the same reverence for it whether there's a spark of sacred fire in each living thing or not.
I will continue to view the world in terms of a dance between opposites: male and female, light and dark, individuality and community, etc. and not a battle between good and evil, becuse the God and the Goddess are icons that make sense of the world to me, whether they have material substance or not.
You see, whether or not I'm "right" about these things, they are what makes sense of the world to me, and they are what lifts my heart, and they are what causes joy to well up in me.
They are the ground of my being.
2006-12-21 17:28:21 · answer #6 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~~~ ss,,, Yes,,,and when I took the advice of several wise men and adopted an Open Mind to ideas which went against Dogma,,, and becoming aware that an educated and informed Intellect can easily challenge ANY authority with Honest Scrutiny. After having this epiphany ANY Organized Religion was quickly dispensed with by exposing it's now obvious shortcomings.
2006-12-21 17:51:45 · answer #7 · answered by Sensei TeAloha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The definition of God is (The Collective Consiousness and Universal Vibration of Love)
but it does't matter....
Beliefs by definition are not wrong....they are just beliefs
just like theories....until proven or observed to be fact by the believer either by direct experience or scientifc evaluation.
So it doesn't matter what religion you are or who you worship...
None of it is "wrong" it's all just personal preference or how you were raised...it doesn't make the person wrong or bad....only actions can do that.
2006-12-21 17:12:58 · answer #8 · answered by Kalidas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and in fact I have been wrong before about how I had interpreted what I read. By God's grace I have corrected many of my wrong beliefs. Also I have disobeyed and felt far away until I agreed to change that behavior.
2006-12-21 17:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by bess 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I admit I could be wrong, I could be WAY wrong. On faith, I dont believe that to be the case, but since nothing is 100% provable, if I didnt at least see that point, Id be ignorant. Any time anyone can claim 100% on Proof that does not exist, they have missed the point of Faith.
Christian.
2006-12-21 17:00:07 · answer #10 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋