Several comments I would like to make:
To be completely honest, I've always been a bit envious of people with undying faith. I wish I did. I wish I could look at all the people in my life that I love and say I know 100% that we'll be together for eternity. I don't know a single person that wouldn't want to be able to say that. Sure would make death a lot less foreboding. haha. That being said, if I'm wrong and there is a heaven, the God that I grew up with would never condemn me for lack of faith...sounds like a cop out, and it probably is, but I think if I've lived a life God would be proud of that's what matters the most and S/He/It doesn't need affirmation of my faith. That seems very much like a human reaction. I wish I could find comfort going to a church, taking a knee and praying to God and actually be comforted by doing so. That would be cool, but I can't. I also can't really explain why.
I think this is where a lot of the people that get into religious/spiritual conversations say "well in the Bible it says ...". However, if someone views the Bible as just another book of recommended moral guidelines, and not the living breathing Word of God, me showing you Bible verses will mean nothing. However, If you are willing to accept the Bible as a source of authority on moral standards why is anything else it has to say not have the same authority to you. What I am saying is that because of the magnitude of some of the things the Bible says its very hard to line item the Bible, and as such its an all or nothing type view IMO.
Second, your profession to Christ as your savior does not affirm Him in any way. He doesn’t need our affirmation, you're right, why would he? He's God. However, what it does do is show our submission to Him as the Lord of our life. And remember, Christians believe God/Father/Son are all one and the Son was once all human and all God, so human actions are not uncommon. As far as being comforted in church, that one is hard for me as well sometimes. I am more comforted during a phone call with a good friend that will listen, pray for me, encourage me and keep me accountable. Church is an uncomfortable place to go , especially if you are already skeptical.
i felt i could worship my god, my beliefs, my faith in my own way on my own time..my kids are in catholic schools and i like that they have mass at school plus they learn many other religions at school not just ours, they are finding their own faith and beliefs of course with the foundation being built by our family but in the end faith to me is a very private individual thing
I understand the feeling that faith is a very private thing but I think that is an American tradition. In the Bible, Jesus was RARELY alone and when he was alone, it was usually extreme circumstances (tempted in the desert by satan himself, praying in the garden before crucifixtion). Otherwise he was with his 12, or eating with sinners, or healing others. Always with someone else. He also sent the disciples out 2 by 2 when he gave the great commission. Christianity was never meant to be done alone. It a communal faith.
scientists have better things to do then bang their head against a wall.
I would have to argue that scientists make a living by beating their head against walls… How else did we figure out what atoms were? What the parts of atoms were? They kept digging until there was nothing else able to be gathers and then they try to invent something that will allow them to go deeper. Just MHO
Faith is like money. Those who have it in abundance seldom advertise it and do not feel they have to justify it.
I like this. Ha ha
...ruth
