It is only natural for a child to ask their parent how and why they were born. And if that parent was to give us the answers then what would we do next? The questions left behind occupies the minds of us children and gives us something to ponder on for eternity until the end.
Can You Be Satisfied Just Having Faith
by Undecided 14 Replies latest jw friends
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worldtraveller
Yes. I have no dogma to mess with my head. I am pleased with myself in this respect.
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Big Tex
It is only natural for a child to ask their parent how and why they were born. And if that parent was to give us the answers then what would we do next? The questions left behind occupies the minds of us children and gives us something to ponder on for eternity until the end.
With all due respect, this is nonsense.
If I allowed my son to be beaten, or raped, or starved, or subject to daily humiliations and verbal abuse, what kind of parent would I be? And then, before I am carted off to prison, and my son asked me "WHY?", what kind of cold hearted bastard would I be if I refused to answer and told him to ponder my inaction for the rest of his life?
Undecided, this is a good topic. I have never felt what other people claim they feel about God/faith/heaven. I've always chalked it down to me being damaged goods. I remember reading that early in her life, Mother Teresa wrote she felt a similar lack of faith.
I don't know, maybe faith is one of those things that just sort of happens to a person, like arthritis or migraines.
Chris
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UU Now
I can't seem to just accept some ancient writings of mankinds beginning.
Then don't. It's not mandatory. You can be a good person and live a rich and full life without accepting any ancient writings. You can learn valuable lessons from some of those ancient writings without accepting every word of them (or any word of them) as literally true. Ultimately, you have to follow your own path, because faking belief is inherently meaningless.
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LouBelle
Undecided - when I first left I drove myself insane trying to answer all the questions I had at once. I had 10 bibles , greek & hebrew dictionaries, looking up everything and anything. I was in a total panic....everyone was telling me this or that, I kept requestioning my former beliefs, the new churchy people I was hanging around with added their own 5 c.
STOP
I put everything down and just breathed, enjoyed the freedom I had. I've taken certain authors, read their works, prayed about it and listened and waited.
Some good reading material if you are up to it: Diagrams for Living - Emmet Fox, Sermon on the Mount Emmet Fox. The power of NOW Geoff Goldswain (extremely deep book but wow) I know now I'm adding in my 5 c.
You know what is best for you.