Am I losing my faith?
A few weeks ago, I probably would have considered myself basically Christian. I use the term lightly, because I trusted scripture but not tradition nor denomination. But now I find myself looking very...
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This isn't quite on point but I do have to say that this thread has prompted some great conversation about the nature of faith and religion with Lydiah, whom I hope will post some of our thoughts as...
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I'm trying to figure out where the reality ends and the myth begins. It is essential to determining just what kind of message Jesus had for people, if he existed and had one at all. With varying...
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Rhui Chatar has made me feel very disdainful of those dreadlock whiteboys that sit around on the street with their didgeridoos honking away on them and hoping for change. with courtesy,MH
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"I'm still uncertain as to what you're driving at here."I'm not driving at anything in particular, Disco more like a general way of thinking. I'm trying to expose <blush> my own process for...
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You shouldn't think that I'm getting frustrated at all, Rhu. I'm just a very thorough thinker and I question things to death. Something I sort of picked up from a friend who asks a lot of questions....
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This is a very interesting thread. Thoughts: Crises of faith are normal. Faith would mean nothing if wasn't constantly being questioned. Faith without doubt is blind faith. Quote: Something I sort of...
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"From my perspective, a person cannot understand God solely through using reason, solely through the mind. Rather, to know God first requires opening up and listening to your heart, as Papillion Angel...
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I started searching the internet for arguments against Christianity (or religion in general) that I could not combat. At first, all I found were speculative, slanderous essays written by people who...
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I guess I know that now... but I have no clue as to who Saint Tomas is or why I'm pulling one.
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Oh my, my catechism days are far away. Doubting Thomas? The one who wanted proof? :)
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He got his proof by touching Jesus marks of nails on his hands and feet after the resurrection, and believed.
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Interesting.So why is it that the modern world has no proof of God because "proof denies faith," yet generations before us have supposedly been exposed to proof while people all over the world through...
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"So why is it that the modern world has no proof of God because "proof denies faith," while people all over the world through history haven't even been exposed..." Forgive me, I'm going to take this...
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I guess I'm asking more as a challenge to blind faith rather than to find answers. Given that X is true, what would be the Christian explanation?
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That would depend very much on which Christian was asked.; )Try it from another angle. Given X what would be the Buddhist explanation.
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Small correction from mid-last page: Peter was the one that Jesus had to tell to put up his sword (and tried to walk on water and sank when he doubted, and offered to build up three tabernacles during...
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