2007-02-05 04:04:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The intellectual honesty of agnostics such as Sartre, Camus, Jorge Luis Borges, Jose Saramago, encouraged and actually led me to embrace the Christian faith. Their insights have been matched by a similar intellectual honesty of troubling Christian thinkers such as Miguel de Unamuno, Leo Tolstoy, Fedor Dostowiesky, not to count the enlightening challenges of atheists such as Isaac Asimov and those scientist who admit to the many questions their works lead them to.
2007-02-05 04:20:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rational argument, study, and meditation have constantly caused me to reconsider, modify, or outright abandon my religious beliefs. Spiritual Development is the journey of a lifetime. The day you stand still is the day you stagnate.
2007-02-05 12:51:07 · answer #2 · answered by rich k 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have come to my beliefs through rational argument and personal experience, it works for me and stands up to grave doubts and questioning. I remain agnostic though., and am open to all possibilities. But I ain't no push-over so your argument must be backed up with proof. So in answer to your question, it is yes , a definite maybe!
2007-02-05 12:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by Eso_ uk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This question is essentially moot as reason and religion are as mutually exclusive as oil and water. The more rational one becomes the less likely they are to blindly submit to irrational beliefs, religious dogmas, or primitive superstitions.
2007-02-05 12:16:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is Yahoo! we're talking about, take a wild guess.
It's not instantaneous, though... a rational argument that triggers reconsideration about religious beliefs usually doesn't happen just like that.
2007-02-05 12:08:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can and it has, when one really uses their common sense and reasoning, and trusts his inner-self it no longer becomes an argument with others, we really do not have to abandon anything we simply believe with a different perspective that's all.
2007-02-05 12:28:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure if you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that your belief or non-belief is true I would listen.
But you can't so why ask?
I know your arguments, they are the same as yesterday and they didn't convince me then.
God is true love and peace.
God Bless
2007-02-05 12:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by L Strunk 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, grew up Catholic and I was secure in my faith until I read the "old testament" and I realized how false and in err my religon was.
Catholism is the greek version of a Israelite religion.
2007-02-05 12:17:49 · answer #8 · answered by Harry R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Absolutely not. Many have tried and I know many more will but I am secure in my beliefs and will not abandon them for anyone at anytime for any reason.
2007-02-05 12:09:21 · answer #9 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
no way, i am Muslim and am so confident that Islam is the comprehensive religion from God and the perfect system for our life that has proved it self by so many scientific facts and other facts that happens in our current time which were mentioned in the holy Quran since approximately 1400 years ago, but i do believe that non-Muslims must search in other religions for the answers they need to know if their religion didn't mentioned them ...
peace be upon you
2007-02-05 12:33:14 · answer #10 · answered by nevermind_bana 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋