[ SECRET POST #2664 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2664 ⌋

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Comments

[dreemyweird]

I'm not sure that's how it works. I've seen plenty of "good" Christians who accept that they are unable to answer this question, either because they do not consider their own experiences to be sufficient (e.g. not painful enough) or because they think the answer should be a matter of personal decision.

Your criterion only serves to distinguish between the Christians with a - how shall I put it? - scholastic streak and those without it.

This being said, doubts obviously do not make anyone a "bad Christian". Although I cannot say that I have ever actually understood how religious people combine having faith with having doubts (eh, my problem, I suppose).

[(Anonymous)]

Have you ever believed in, say, an idea? Or a person who you love or admire? Or an opinion or position on a fundamental issue you've always strongly held? Now, have you ever on occasion had doubts about them?

Religious faith isn't all that different. It just has a universal scope and more detailed guidelines.

[dreemyweird]

Yes, I understand. The problem is, I seem to be incapable of "believing" in anything at all. What I do experience is a feeling that this or that action or idea is right/wrong; and I can hardly doubt a feeling. Question it from a logical viewpoint, absolutely. But questioning it changes nothing about the feeling itself.

Do people mean this when they say that they believe and yet have doubts? If yes, then I guess I get it.

[sarillia]

That's interesting. I doubt feelings all the time.

[(Anonymous)]

Do people mean this when they say that they believe and yet have doubts?

Yep. There are also stories/parables/allegories in many religious traditions, about those who question/doubt/seek/lose/find their faith.