for so long i've doubted the existence of God, i told ppl that i'm a free thinker whenever asked about reigious believes. honestly speaking i don't understand exactly what is a "free thinker". i do believe in supernatural things cos there do exist certain forces that are beyond human being's reach and which can't be explained in any scientific way.
in my junior college GP classes, we talked about ppl believing in God are those weak minded. i do always have this opinion in mind, cos those ppl can't resolve things on their own, they have to seek ways to lighten their souls' burdens. i don't think there is anything wrong in this. in fact i do hope when i have serious troubles and tough decisions await ahead, i can have someone leading me to the right road. if i'm a boat lost in the vast sea, i can have a rock to cling on to rest.
i had a talk with a christian girl on my floor. she told me about her story of getting to be a christian. we found extreme similarity in our thinking. i always think i should clear any doubt in mind about this religion then i'll have enough faith to join the christianity. she told me when she had this thought, her teacher said to her, "you want to find your own way to the God, or you want the God to lead you there?" after she became baptised, she then realised that after the father-daughter relationship has been built, those doubts became no longer important. it's a feeling, that God will help you in everyway.
i'll talk to my christian friends in biochem further, see what they really think. the interest in a religion can't be forced upon, it has to be discovered by oneself, or be lead by others.
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the general idea of a "free thinker" is someone who's thinking isn't confined by any specific dogma.
i used to be catholic christian, but i stopped believing a long time ago, if i ever did at all. but i believe everyone's entitled to believe or not believe in anything supernatural, as long as that belief isn't forced in someone's face.
I'm afraid of the same problem. if i start believing in christianity, i want to always believe in it. that's why i wish to clear any doubts i have before i actually join the group.
i don't think i can ignore my doubts simply as what my friend did. otherwise if later i seriously find the dogmas contradicting themselves or science, i probably would lose faith in the religion. and that's not i want to see.
with religion i think you have to take it on faith. when you look at the christian bible it's full of inconsistencies. it's hard with a rational mind to accept any claims within it unless you can use faith to think past inconsistencies.
i have faith in people i trust, but i personally just can't put faith in something so intangible as an omnipotent god.
I think religion is either by culture/family background and in that case, rather involuntary and passive but might become the opposite, or because of a need to seek solace and find mental support. It's a personal belief and very much a personal choice. I'm rather sick of people spreading their religon just because they feel for it and think it's right.Really a nuisance.
indeed indeed!!!!! T_T zhu! you are sooooo right!
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