Let me put it another way:
Would it sound suspect to you if your travel agent asked you to believe him that all tickets are genuine? Or If your mechanic asked you to believe him that he put genuine parts on your car?
You don´t get asked to believe! It´s like getting asked to respect! It´s something that you give only when you feel that it´s deserved.
It´s repeated at every mass and many times in the bible. Suspicious, isn´t it?
Why should it be necessary to require belief? Isn´t it because it´s not deserved?
ALWAYS MISTRUST ARGUMENTS FROM AUTHORITY!
It was valid against Pythagoras, and it´s still valid today...
2007-08-20 15:16:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
THIS I'VE ENJOYED.BUT IF YOU THINK CHRISTIANS UNDERSTOOD A WORD OF IT, YOU ARE MISTAKEN
2007-08-20 15:23:24 · answer #1 · answered by Ψ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever seen the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?
There is a scene where Indiana must cross over to the other side of a VERY deep chasm, and the only way to get across it, is to just step out onto the thin air. From all he can tell, stepping out is only going to bring him death. But out of desperation, Indiana steps out and...ta-dah! There had been a bridge made of solid stone just out in front of him the whole time!
Its the same with God, until you come out of your comfort zone, and and say, "OK God, here I am," you'll never know He's been there right in front of you the whole time.
2007-08-20 22:27:13 · answer #2 · answered by Linda J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If skepticism was encouraged then the skeptics would endanger the faith of others. That's why many faithful dislike spending too much time around non believers who have good reasons to not believe.
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2007-08-20 22:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One is asked many things, yet required only to do what is best for the individual & Respect should be given to all till they have proven that they are not worthy.
2007-08-20 22:21:30 · answer #4 · answered by S.O.S. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an interesting way of looking at it. Yes it is suspect. I am suspect of all theologians, especially preists. This would make a good commercial slogan or something.
2007-08-20 22:27:46 · answer #5 · answered by Fish Stick Jesus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Jubal Harshaw once said, "Faith seems like a sloppy way to run a Universe. How could the one true god expect his people to pick the one true religion by blind faith alone?"
(paraphrased from Stranger in a Strangeland
2007-08-20 22:34:32 · answer #6 · answered by Alan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no one is "required" to believe anything.... .... but christianity is about free will... no one forces you to believe it! but, in order to reap the benefits of the next life, yes, you are required to believe in that sense.
P.S. did you respond this way when your history books told you that a man named pythagoras, existed?
2007-08-20 22:26:42 · answer #7 · answered by heather b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
belief is a choice the same way love is a choice...and yes i do think its a little odd that a religion that claims such truth and fact has to ask/require/beg/trick you into believing them
2007-08-20 22:24:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belief is not really a choice. Either you are convinced or you aren't convinced. You can choose to study something. You can even be coerced into belief through various brainwashing techniques. However, you can't really consciously decide to be convinced.
2007-08-20 22:19:24 · answer #9 · answered by nondescript 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God asks us to have faith, not believe in Him (though they are closely related...). He asks for faith IN Him not OF Him. Faith = Trust and you can't have that without a knowledge of that which you are trusting: That they exist, that they are perfect, and that they love you.
2007-08-20 22:34:08 · answer #10 · answered by Chris B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well said. Caveat emptor.
atheist
2007-08-20 22:34:12 · answer #11 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋