can they answer a question about religion without quoting the bible? can they not use their supposedly "god given" heart and brains to answer the question? anyone can open a bible and find a quote. do christians have an opinion about questions without having to refer to the bible to answer the question for them? can they think for themselves?
2007-10-07 15:48:18 · 24 answers · asked by lostcause8436 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
its not really answering the question, giving someone a quote from the bible. i dont want the proverbs or matthew, luke, or john's answer. i want your opinion. thanks.
2007-10-07 15:50:28 · update #1
thanks for the comments, so far! im enjoying reading most of them.
haha 1 john 1-1. very funny ;)
2007-10-07 16:02:08 · update #2
Some opinions have to come from the Bible. But to answer your question, yes, I have opinions that come from my own brain, however they are not in contradiction with what the Bible teaches.
2007-10-07 15:52:45 · answer #1 · answered by Tasha 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All the Christians I know answer questions and think. I've answered millions of questions in my life. As far as I know all the other Christians I know have done the same. However, if you ask a question about God or right and wrong, what do you think we will use for our reference... our opinion? No, we use the truth, not some opinion about what we think God is like or what we think is right or wrong. So, I guess whether I quote the Bible or not depends upon the question you ask me. If you ask me, "If God is real and loves everyone why would bad things happen to people?" would you expect that I would say something that somehow answered that question and was not related to something that God already told us in the Bible? Come on... use your head! You can't ask questions about God or scripture and expect answers that come from some science text or from Oprah.
2007-10-07 15:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by William D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say yes. I am a mathematician and I can think quite well. You are falling into a self-imposed trap of not listening to what people are saying when the quote scriptue. Most people who agree that evolution if "fact" quote Darwin or some other scientist but have not actually done the digs or the physical research needed to arrive at their own conclusion. I did not walk the streets of Palistine in the early first century, so I must depend on the accounts of men who did.
However, for spiritual matters, most of the time, I read what the men who have studied the issues much more than I have say. I try to read a couple of authors, then find supporting scripture, then try to draw a reasonable conclustion.
2007-10-07 16:00:37 · answer #3 · answered by charliehorse1967 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes we can. But if you think about it, everything that anyone believes comes from something. Your thoughts are not original as you have been influenced by your *parents, the *books you read, what you hear in the *media, and what your *friends say. Can you think for yourself without quoting from the things that I've mentioned? The Bible is our life force, thus we will always repeat what is written. Why? Because we believe by faith what we read.
2007-10-07 16:03:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 John 1-1
2007-10-07 15:52:38 · answer #5 · answered by 2telldatruth 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Uh Ya I can I am Very Articulate. The reason for the Biblical references are 1 It shows where you stand and who you trust. 2 Because it is like quoting Plato Poe Freud or others who have been great thinkers it is usually supportive of the point being made.
Hope this makes ya happy i didn't have to quote any one.
2007-10-07 15:54:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians can and should think for themselves. Most Christians can think without simply quoting the Bible; they are called mainstream Christians: ELCA Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists, Anglicans/Episcopalians, Presbyterians USA, Eastern Orthodox. The problem is that in this website you get many fundamentalists, rare are those in this website from mainstream circles.
2007-10-07 15:56:39 · answer #7 · answered by C2r3t5 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I'm thinking something right now, and it sure didn't come out of the Bible!
Did you have a real question, or are you just wasting our time?
2007-10-07 17:29:42 · answer #8 · answered by babbie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no Proverbs 3:5-6
2007-10-07 15:55:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everyone has the capability to think for themselves. Some prefer to let religion think for themselves and hide behind belief. Others choose the opposite side and cite scientific theories, conveniently forgetting they are THEORIES, not absolutes.
Anyone who can't think for themselves, no matter what side of the fence they are, is a sorry excuse for a human being.
2007-10-07 15:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by bishonenofcacophony 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋