What do you do when you have doubts about faith?

You can have doubt about your faith. I think everyone gets to the point where they have questions. Usually, when we are young, we are influenced by our parents. Some people go to chuch every Sunday. We don’t think twice about it. God and Jesus exist and the only question might be ‘Is God the father of Jesus?’ My family didn’t go to church but my Dad used to drive my grandmother there every Sunday. My grandfather (who was the Minister of her church) had passed away when I was 6 months old. Sometimes, I would go to church with her. She lived with us and, every night, before I went to sleep, she would have me say a prayer with her and bless everyone we knew.

I recall asking my Mom and my Dad, separately, who do we vote for? I thought that we were either Democrat or Republican. I guess I thought it was based on the their personality or maybe the doctrine was just passed down from their parents. I found out that neither of them would tell me who they voted for but I did know their religions. Moms father was a Baptist , so she was too and Dads father was a Methodist Minister so Dad was a Methodist. They claimed they didn’t go to church because they couldn’t agree on whos church to go to. So as you may guess, I didn’t have a strong religious belief. Through the years, though, I searched for spirituality (not so much, religion) and I came to the conclusion that I really didn’t believe in God. I’m a realist and I believe in truth and fact. I just couldn’t go along with a God that could be so cruel. No one has ever come up with a good enough reason for the pain and suffering in this world. If he is so almighty, couldn’t he stop it or, better yet, not start it?

There is only one thing that I believe in the bible and that’s ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’, the golden rule. That’s it. I think the rest of it is fiction. I believe that it was written to scare people. Otherwise, what would keep some people from killing? I could go on and on about religion but I’ll probably start a ruckus (a noisy commotion, a heated controversy) from what I’ve already said.

I think that people have a right to their own beliefs & that there should be no reason for believers to get upset about it. After-all, Who am I hurting? How does my belief affect anyone else? To me it’s like a personal choice like ‘What is my favorite color?’. If I say it’s green, will that make you angry? Probably not if you’re Agnostic or an Atheist. Prove me wrong.

The devil likes to plant lil thoughts in our head like that cuse ounce hes got you questioning hes got you. I think the only one you should be talking to about this is God. When you spend time with him tell him to help you

When I am afraid I pray. When I am sick I pray. When I have doubts I pray. When I need wisdom to make a decision I pray. When I feel pain I pray. When I am happy I pray. Prayer is the best thing any of us can do any time.

My advice is to pray.

Having doubts is perfectly normal. Don’t run away from them. Why wouldn’t any one have doubts about the fantastic and utterly uknowable story that the bible tells.

The truth will set you free.

The best tool to reinforce belief is to attend as many church services as you can. That’s the reason they exist.

If, however, you are interested in truth and not just belief, then why not explore those doubts rather than trying to squelch them?

When I have doubts about anything I usually do a lot of comparing and at the same time try to follow my heart. It can be hard, you cant expect yourself to come to conclusion right away.

“Unbelief is a spirit”

No unbbelief is called realitiy. You should try it some time…

I have had doubts and my senior mentor says, it is good to doubt then you are on the right track. there is a scripture that says be careful if you think you stand, lest you fall. (paraphrased). Just keep on keepen on..

well, this is just what I think, I think I say “in Jesus name”, because Jesus died(I know He is God in human form, but he’s different and the same, at the same time)and the Bible says “I am the way, the truth, and the Life, no man comes to the Father, but by me” and I think that’s why we pray in Jesus name, he’s the only way into Heaven.