Bartikus wrote:
If a person remains with questions they should first realize that they may not be entitled to all answers. Second, they should always address all questions back to God. I think maybe we should all read the word and ask God to give his interpretation to us in prayer. If we honestly seek God I believe God can find us.
I understand what you're saying, but this answer is one of the reasons I have grown away from Christianity and it's apparent fear of questioning.
Someone approaches with an honest question? The immediate response is "We as humans are sinners, and not deserving of answers!" What self-degrading twattery! If we as humans are fit enough to grovel, scrape, and bow before this supreme being, we're damned sure deserving of a few simple answers.
Read the bible straight through and you will be left with questions. If you think upon them long enough you'll arrive to your own conclusions, founded or otherwise. It's not through any diligence of prayer or insightful reasoning through the Holy Spirit. . . it's wanting something to make sense so much that you convince yourself that you've got the answer.
Which is a) why there are so many confused people out there that don't much care to think very deeply about what they believe and b) why so many people careen into despair and faithlessness when they finally come to terms with the fact that they were wrong.
