What is more important? Faith or Honest Faith? How can we honestly believe in God when we think God doesn't know what He created? I think its a disservice to God, to religion and to ourselves when we choose to not to question Faith, and not to examine it. Its not 'to test God', rather its to test what we accept as from God. If we believe in Life After Death, then the quality of our life in the Hereafter is dependent on the version of scripture that we took on faith. If Judgement is inevitable, then it is of utmost importance that we base our beliefs and actions upon critical inquiry and honest understanding.
Samiya On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > On 4 April 2014 15:59, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I suggest we study and evaluate it for its literal merit, rather than >> 'what it might mean' thus removing all constructs and myths surrounding it. >> Dr. Maurice Bucaille did something similar when he examined the scriptures >> in the light of scientific knowledge. Online translation: >> >> https://ia700504.us.archive.org/18/items/TheBibletheQuranScienceByDr.mauriceBucaille/TheBibletheQuranScienceByDr.mauriceBucaille.pdf >> >> > > To be fair, you have to allow that if there is a scientific inaccuracy in > a holy book which is considered the word of God then, unless God got the > science wrong, that would be evidence against the holy book being the word > of God. The problem is that even if a believer says they are open-minded in > this way they don't really mean it because that would be an admission that > they are willing to test God, which is contrary to faith and therefore bad. > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
