After learning all the functions of religion as a purely social institution and other people's beliefs, how do you know that your religion is right or that there is even a God? Being in an environment where religion is incompatible with knowledge, is it even possible to get though it with your faith intact?
2007-04-25 17:13:29 · 21 answers · asked by couv 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm quite liberal in my interpretation of the bible, to the disproving of details doesn't really bother me. It's the idea that religion is only in existence because most of us need it to go through life without despair. That it's all in our heads.
2007-04-25 17:24:47 · update #1
Talk about God to others. If you are silent and are just constantly absorbing other's opinions it's hard to keep track of your own! Keep reading the Bible as your ultimate authority and fellowship with other people who believe the same way you do-even if you don't sit around talking religiously it's great to be able to let your guard down with other believers. Trust me I'm in the thick of it!!
2007-04-25 17:22:45 · answer #1 · answered by butterflyaway2004 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are no equations that expel God, for God is the creator of the universe and its laws. All of philosophy branches from the great question: Is there a God? There are two sides to think from. Maybe you have to think less of religion and more on relationship. Is God real to you in a personal way? If not, then you are missing the greatest experience of life. Even though you go to college, you still have to develop your personal spiritual life. A relationship with Jesus Christ is too strong to be threatened by anything else.
2007-04-26 00:25:58 · answer #2 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
religion is totally compatible with knowledge. Go to creationscience.com to learn some scientific facts that go a long way to proving that the bible is true. Studying is the best thing you can do. But dont read bias sources, either for or against. If you dont think something is true, then why tell people you believe? If you wanna know more about the science, you can email me and ill send you some of the facts that'll help you to make your own decision.
2007-04-26 00:22:04 · answer #3 · answered by en garde 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your religion is incompatible with facts and knowledge, why would you want to keep it?
Personally this makes me an atheist. My wife sees the same world and the same knowledge and she is a Christian. She just does not believe that the bible is literally true, because it plainly is not.
You do not have to lose your faith, although I see no problem in doing that, but the world is as it is and no amount of faith is going to make Noah's flood and the other biblical fictions true.
2007-04-26 00:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by Simon T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't. I used to be a Catholic, then I got interested in New Age pseudoscience when I was in high school, and never found a library book that addressed my skepticism with religion.
Then I read Carl Sagan's Demon Haunted World my college freshman year (on my own time), and that did it for me. It opened my eyes to reason and humbled my former worldviews. I became an agnostic, then an atheist, and I haven't looked back since.
2007-04-26 00:16:04 · answer #5 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very difficult unless you really have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ..
Religion is one thing and being a Christian another.. If you are truly a christian and mix only with people that hate your God and talk bad about him all the time, you will eventually go with the crowd. Very simple. That is why we have fellowship with other believers..
I find it hard to believe that there are no other christians there??
If you go and spend all your time hanging out in a bar, you will eventually start to drink..
2007-04-26 00:18:54 · answer #6 · answered by † PRAY † 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Education is a wonderful tool, but not in the hands of fools. Sadly there are many in today's college's that teach against Godly foundations. God sends his children to go to college so they will be able to become strong in faith and power, according to his word. If his seed is planted in good soil, nothing will keep it from producing good fruit.
Jesus is Lord
2007-04-26 00:23:54 · answer #7 · answered by carpentershammerer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are Christian sororities you can join and organizations or groups of your particular faith that meet at most universities. I would encourage you to join one. Also mentally prepare yourself that a lot of professors are anti religion and/or atheist, and you will hear a lot of negative comments on religion as a whole. Another option is to go to a Christian College. Warning.........just because a college has Baptist or Methodist ect does not mean it is a Christian college.
2007-04-26 00:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by Gary M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to college with an open mind. Try and learn as much as possible. Contrary to what many people think, religion and science are not incompatible. If your religon is telling you that you shouldn't learn then it's not a very good one.
2007-04-26 00:21:14 · answer #9 · answered by Harry P. Ness 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I went through college I turned my academic skepticism toward an honest evaluation of my beliefs. This resulted in the strengthening of most of my beliefs. Denominational affiliation meant less, but the priority doctrines meant more. Now I teach theology to college students and help them through this tough time in their lives.
There are trials and tribulations in every college student's life. Walking through those difficult times with God strengthens one's faith.
2007-04-26 00:22:59 · answer #10 · answered by chdoctor 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋