If you don't question is wonder dead?
2007-01-18 10:41:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Beliefs remind me of saturn, that is like the bustle in the hedgerow, that says you can not go beyond this point. Or the father god, karma. This must be broken threw to the point of no return. Wonder can do this.
2007-01-22 10:21:08 · update #1
Thank everyone for your answers there were alot of good ones.
2007-01-22 10:23:12 · update #2
The words truly have them bound and held in darkness!
"Belief"... to accept something as true or feel it is true... it a scary word for me I have replaced with " think"
"Wonder" to marvel and be amazed by an "event" or thing... come inside experience an event of the truth and see what you are missing outside!
Good question!
Have you found anything interesting lately?
2007-01-18 18:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by James 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think so. Most believers I know look at the world as a disposable playground that "god's gonna replace anyways". Those who believe we are in the "end times" have no prick of conscience when they don't recycle and help the rest of us take care of 'creation'. They may appreciate the beauty of a sunset, but never wonder why the colors are so magnificent (they usually say something trite like "god painted a pretty one tonight) . They may marvel at the stars, but not wonder what's past them (they think that God is on the other side). In my opinion that is not only an infantile stance, but a dead one.
The real wonder is that the human race has made it this far carrying a monkey like religion on our backs.
2007-01-18 10:48:48 · answer #2 · answered by Medusa 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Only if your beliefs are too rigid and inflexible. The ideas you hold to be true (beliefs) should expand and change as you expand and change. I don't think ones sense of wonder can die, but it is limited by ones imagination, which can be limited by what one believes. This is why Paul spoke of "circumcision of the heart". It is a way of breaking through the imaginary walls that prevent Wonder from going where few have gone before.
2007-01-18 10:57:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Written on a university town wall, - `Question ALL`. It is true to say that belief removes the need for enquiry, and denies the application of logic when dealing with "wonder". Belief applies a selfish veneer over all dealings with science. Many people genuinely fear the truth (refusal to open the telegram syndrome) and place wishful thinking above reality, feeling safer with invisible , non-challenging deities, who of course will protect them from questions such as yours!
2007-01-18 11:00:11 · answer #4 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes...its the difference between a landscape[wonderous reality]
and a picture of a landscape[ie: any set of beliefs you care to mention]
the problem is some people just cant stand uncertainty..and go to find sanctuary in belief.....they will never know wonder....theyre no longer open to it.....
2007-01-19 08:37:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
On the contrary, belief takes wonder to a completely higher level.
2007-01-18 10:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by Pete J 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, true belief is a friend of wonder.
2007-01-18 22:45:08 · answer #7 · answered by mesun1408 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said, "my kingdom is not of this world" and, of the disciples, He said "....they are no longer "of the world..." Wonder? only to have another whole realm to " WONDER " about (the physical, and the unseen spiritual).
2007-01-18 11:46:16 · answer #8 · answered by Steve J 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One can believe in wonder. Read 'Peter Pan'.
You can't wonder about wonder. Your mind would wander.
2007-01-18 10:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by Ashley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep.
2007-01-18 10:43:39 · answer #10 · answered by Zhukov 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋