How can someone have blind faith in Christianity itself?What about historical facts a
The OBJECTIVE historical documentation on the origins of Christianity are disturbing to me.How can someone not QUESTION the ORIGINS of a faith that they hold so deeply?How could you live yourself without finding out for sure through deeper research that the paradigm that you've been inside of your entire life wasn't a fabrication of the so-called "EDUCATED" Christians in the early 2ND and 3rd centuries??
If you look at every society, cultural and religion...they all have ONE thing in common a "god" complex........something to believe in, depend on, fall back on when all else fails regardless of what that may be. So, it is not just Christianity that has "blind faith."
Faith is just that, something you take on faith. The fact that you can't pull out a fact to prove a belief means that you need to rely on your conversation with God to keep your faith strong. Granted, not everything should be taken at face value because some people have altered written texts over time. That doesn't mean you should throw out your faith altogether though.
I question my faith everyday and, if anything, it makes it stronger.
Everything I learned in school taught me to evaluate things through critical thinking. "Blind faith" is not in my vocabulary, and I encourage others to avoid blind faith as well.
u r completely right .. if u need a religion where u can ask all the questions .. no restricted section .. it's the ISLAM ... u can check those 2 sites as a beginning ..
why are you so eager to attempt to get others to question their faith?does their faith cause you some type of harm?maybe you are afraid that there is so meting you are missing.
if you choose not to believe and you are right then what have you lost?BUT,what if you are wrong?
I honestly don't know. I'm like you my friend - I believe in something called (as shocking as this may sound) evidence... not faith.
Additionally, a moral system based on something a book tells you is defunct. You don't believe something on faith - it's not right. You do only if you want to control people. People have to realize what is gained in perpetuating a lie. Religion is one of the biggest money makers in the world - and it is mostly a lie. People don't need controlled rituals, behaviors and associations to give them spirituality. Spirituality should be free and bring people closer together, NOT separate them. Even Jesus himself said there should be no house of God. This was in the Dead Sea Scrolls and was suppressed by the Catholic Church. Jesus is a myth - never really existed - his stories are simply meant to be moral statements, messages. People take it too literally and miss the point entirely....
Faith means to believe in something that can't be pr oven. So, I guess...they have faith.
Also, many have questioned. That's why there are a million different kinds of Christians.
how some one has blind faith in Christianity? HM well i would think its some think to believe in knowing threes some thing after death. Kinda like science and how almost every one out there believes there is a cure for cancer or aids. you just believe because you have to believe in some thing. Because not believing in some thing tends to leave big void in your life.
Couldn't agree more. How can people just take the word of a book over what science teaches? Faith is nonsense. I question everything, I discover new things, I experience new thrills. I will not be bound by a book that was written long before my time that does not deal with today's problems adequately. Only through questioning what we believe to be true can we discover the truth.
Christians have faith in God, not Christianity. It is not blind because God reveals Himself to us in many ways, many times. Not that we need it, but there is documented historical proof that events recorded in the Bible actually took place. Most Christians do engage in deeper research through regular church attendance and personal and group Bible study. Something that has lasted intact and unchanged for 2000 years could not possible be the work of man. If you would like to know more about Christ and His truth, don't hesitate to email me.
Faith is faith. Most Christians aren't in the habit of searching for evidence that there are doubts about what they believe. Besides, the deeper into history you dig, the more dubious the results are.
I don't doubt that certain of what is in the Bible may be anecdotal or inspired in some ways. But to me, it is the spirit of the Word that keeps me a believer.
Also, I'm curious as to what your agenda is. Are you just trying to save all of us poor Christians from throwing our lives away, or are you trying to herd us in your own direction? To me, it's a big world--there's room for plenty of beliefs and faiths.
The Bible actually has remarkable historical credibility. Many of the places described in the Bible have been discovered by archaeologists and have been dated back to the Biblical time period. The information Luke gives in his Gospel is also historically accurate according to a number of historians. Some of the texts of the old testament date back to the Biblical time period in which they were written (Dead Sea Scrolls ) Secular historian Josephus also acknowledged Christ's status and influence during the time period.
That being said, it is normal to question the origins of Christianity as it is normal to question all history. The more we learn the more accurate picture of Christ and early Christians can be obtained.
People have been challenging Christian teachings and origins for centuries now and only subtle differences have been learned. (Jesus and disciples were not white and European for example) The more that is learned about the historical context of Christ's teachings the more clear they will become to us.
I don't understand your question. What do you mean by: "The OBJECTIVE historical documentation on the origins of Christianity are disturbing to me.How can someone not QUESTION the ORIGINS of a faith that they hold so deeply?" Could you give specific examples, please?
Do you believe that man has walked on the moon,or that we have sent probes to other planets with-in our solar system?...why?Have you walked on the moon yourself?N, you believe because you think that you have seen or been told of it's happening( videos,pictures,etc).so therefore,you have faith that it really happened( videos and picture can be manipulated to prove anything you want it to prove).To believe in GOD and to have FAITH,all you have to do is look around you.Everything that the BIBLE said that would happened have already happen,is happening right now,and is going to happen...BELIEVE THAT,and if you don't..I'll pray for you.
Most people didn't literally believe such things as moses hitting a rock and water pouring out. It was an matter of expression, like you had a problem(you hit a rock, or we might say hit a wall) that you couldn't find water, and then you solved it by finding water. Jesus turning "water into wine" was an expression for converting people to a spiritually lifestyle. The "facts" weren't meant to be taken literally, however the "truths" such as the lessons the stories told, were. So, if you are looking for proof that Jesus died on the cross, and was literally resurrected, you wont have much luck. But if you realize the point, that man is imperfect, and must acknowledge that fact before he can improve himself, you will find out that something doesn't have to be "true" to be the "truth".
i have alto respect for Christianity because we Muslim also believe in Christian's prophet Jesus. but unfortunately some people do alto amendments in the Christianity and that's why it no more authenticated.
I'm not sure what documentation you are referring to here? The Bible? The Nicene Creed? The Apostles Creed? The Anti-Nicene writings? Augustines 'Confessions'? The writings of Polycarp, Tertullian, Ignatius, or others? Or are you referring to later documentation such as Calvins 'Institutes of the Christian Religion'? or Luthers 'Bondage of the Will'? Which of these historic documents are you referring to?
I can tell you personally I myself resisted Christianity for many years. I did not want to become a Christian, and was quite hostile towards the religion. I read the Q'uran and Eadith's of Islam, the writings of Confucious, and works on Buddhism, on Hinduism, and on many other primitive religions. All in an attempt to avoid Christianity, or to find an alternate route to God. None of them have as much evidence to support them as Christianity. None of them have the historical, archaeological, and anthropological support that Christianity has.
I'm sorry that you are so hostile to the faith that millions hold dear.
Perhaps you should re-examine the documents you hold in question and compare them to your belief system and world view in a systematic way.
And then if you would like I could discuss your findings with you in an apologetically and open fashion.
How could someone not question the origins of the breakfast Sausage McMuffin that they're putting in their mouths? Simple: They're getting what they want from it and the precise details of how they got it are less relevant to them than their having it.
Of course, there are folks that *aren't* getting what they want out of it and in those cases I'd say that they've been brainwashed by repetition into accepting the Sausage McMuffin, even when they're really in the mood for pancakes. Or maybe just a black cup of coffee on an empty stomach. Maybe just skip breakfast altogether.
Mr. Anxious. Please believe there are others who share your concern. The unquestioned, unexamined "faith" being bandied about in these answers does no justice to the tremendous efforts truly religious people have made to come to terms with this baffling universe and the dictates of spirituality. By their account, St Augustine, Francis of Assisi, Anselm, Luther, and countless others were not much more than nags who lacked faith. "Never mind theology," they say, "just believe!"
But believe what? How did they arrive at it? Why can't it be examined? What, in the end, is the FEAR?
How can someone have blind faith in Christianity itself?What about historical facts a
