2007-01-02 02:19:12 · 8 answers · asked by Emmaean 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
- Any religious concept at all. No limitations as to which one.
- Your own human mind.
- Examples from any faith, not just Christian.
2007-01-02 02:54:08 · update #1
The Truth is beyond concept and mind and at times appears paradoxical.
What is true is true - regardless if it makes sense to the mind.
~ Eric
2007-01-02 02:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Most people have no idea how electricity works but we all know it works. Religious concepts may not have to be fully understood to be believed if there is enough circumstantial evidence to suggest it is true. For example: most people have no idea how prayer works but many do it regardless because they have seen the results. The concept doesn't have to make sense but the result has to be something verifiable.
2007-01-02 10:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by Pilgrim 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which religious concept? What's your definition of "make sense"? Which human mind?
2007-01-02 10:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. The Bible says in Proverbs 3:5 to "trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding" and that " faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Heb 11:1). With belief in God and in His power comes an acknowledgement that there are things bigger than us in the universe - things that we cannot see or understand. Faith is a condition of the heart, not of the mind. This is why the word also says in Proverbs 20:27 that "The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the inner depths of his heart". In my own experience, I have prayed for people and knew things about their past that I could not explain, but enabled me to pray for them and counsel them. For example, in once instance, I was praying for someone I had never met and had never spoken a word to me, and I knew that she had been raped as a child. The Lord gave me something specific words to tell her to bring healing and release. In other instances, I have seen people miraculously and instantly healed. The search for the Lord begins in our own hearts with the willingness to suspend our judgement, our belief, and to call out for His power and and presence to overtake us. I beleive this means we have to WANT to go where He can take us, not just where we arrive in the limits s of our own ability to understand and reason. When people are unable to find this connection to Him and His power, it can be because they are unwilling to open the door of their heart to believe, and His word says that he "resists the proud". I hope this is helpful to you.
2007-01-02 10:40:24 · answer #4 · answered by Concerned50 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not technically, but it does have to make sense for you to make an educated decision as to whether or not it is true.
To put it another way, if you don't understand it then it might be true, but you're just guessing.
2007-01-02 10:21:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, if it does not make sense to your mind, how will you open your heart, how do you think you can understand, if it does not make sense to your mind?
2007-01-02 10:23:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, if that were the case Israel would not exist, because people would not believe god gave them a nation
2007-01-02 10:22:46 · answer #7 · answered by man of ape 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
none
2007-01-02 10:20:54 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Brooke 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋