Hey Everyone! Can we discuss Christianity? Sometimes my faith waivers.....what's it's all about? My friend told me to not try and solve Life like a puzzle but celebrate God and His universe and the great mystery that it is. So much easier to say than do sometimes! My little mind wishes so much for understanding! How do I quench desire to know His plan while not wavering in my faith? It's a lot to take sometimes.
A lot of the parroted Christian rhetoric stems from the notion that the entirety of faith is brainless trust in all things. To me that makes no sense. God made us as thinking, reasoning and curious so why is it so often treated as a bad thing to Express those things?
I view such things as integral to ones faith, not contrary to it. Such things may cause us to have periods of question and doubt, but that we are actively probing and seeking answers gives us a chance to resolve such concerns as well.
Trying to bury doubt or questions doesn't stop it, it only allows it to grow in secret. Seeking answers is actually part of growth. Not only does it aid in eliminating doubt but as we find there are actually answers it strengthens faith by proving that because we don't see it on the surface doesn't mean it's not there.
Much of what we receive anymore is what I call "microwave ministry" answers. Quick, easy and effortless. And usually damaging as well.
So I'd encourage you to seek answers and use the brain God gave you.
And before anyone falsely accuses me of saying faith is irrelevant that's not at all what I said. To live as a Christian requires faith and trust. But that does not mean you have to became a robot that cant think for themselves either.
Wisdom is highly valued in the bible and that wisdom wasn't about walking with your eyes closed and calling that faith.
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