If a a man doubts the truth of his religion, should he:
1) read the scriptures and renew his faith?
2) search outside the scriptures for other possibilities.
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2006-12-27 11:11:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If a man doubts the truth of his religion, then I guess he has his work cut out for him because now he has to do both 1) and 2). He has to make sure that he has thoroughly studied the scriptures and he has to search outside them for other possibilities. Otherwise, he will not be sufficiently well-informed to either accept and defend his beliefs or reject them in favor of another that works for him.
Lisa
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2006-12-27 11:21:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a way you could look at it as a learning tool. The more open your mind is to God, that is all the more room He has to fill. Always stay in the scriptures, but it doesn't hurt to look around once in awhile to make some comparative notes.
2006-12-27 19:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by rezany 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course the answer is search outside. But also, one should defend his religion within reason. Hey, if you can't try Catholicism. A humanist could defend it, and an atheist find it beneficial (in its current reality).
2006-12-27 19:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I once had the wrong manual to fix the car I owned and wanted to get to know mechanically.
Reading that same manual didn't help me - I had to find the correct one. That search is not ignorance, and neither is the search for Truth.
Thankd GOD HE found ME.
2006-12-27 19:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by watcherd 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
#2, Hands down. If (s)he doubts his religion, looking in the religion is not very smart.
2006-12-27 19:14:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only if the ignorant person has some intelligence and curiosity. Curiosity to discover, and intelligence to understand the information.
2006-12-27 19:21:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
#2 Then go within to get the real answers to your questions
2006-12-27 19:13:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would you need to search outside the scriptures? All the answers are there... I think...
2006-12-27 19:14:03 · answer #8 · answered by Atlas 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
if a man doubts, it isn't ignorance, it is uncertainty.
Ignorance is claiming knowledge of something you haven't learned.
2006-12-27 19:14:56 · answer #9 · answered by n9wff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. If we're not here to learn, what are we here for?
2006-12-27 19:15:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋