Questions 2

"The worst periods of doubt for me have been when others have drilled me with questions that I can't answer."

Thanks kt. That is kind of what I was I was thinking about when I wrote this.

So lately I have found it strange that this is true for a lot of people... and it times... maybe me (although not as much in the last couple of years).

Why do we feel we have to have answers to questions? Why can't there be LOTS of questions without answers? I remember when I was in college, most of the campus ministry organizations were big on apologetics (rational arguments proving God, Jesus, the resurrection, etc). Now, there is nothing wrong with apologetics... but is there something wrong with questions?

Do we have to answer everyone's questions? Even ours? What would make us think that God will make sense?

I spoke with someone not too long ago who was afraid to share their faith (actually disciple someone) because they were afraid that the person would ask a question they couldn't answer... and they wanted to have answers to every question. WE HAVE A NAME FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS AN ANSWER TO EVERY QUESTION... and it's not complementary!

The Rabbis in Jesus' day (and before and after)... when they came upon a passage of scripture they could not understand... would celebrate! They would say, "Blessed am I... for I know that one day God... you WILL give me insight. God you are even BIGGER than I imagined!"

When I come upon a question I doubt. Arggggg!

Do you think people who are not Christ followers are expecting all the right answers? Any stories you want to share?

Questions

So if you are a Christ follower, how sure are you of your faith? Do you ever wake up at 4 a.m. and say, "Do I really believe this stuff? I don't see any god?" And what keeps you from chucking it all and just living how you want?

Blog Spam?

So what is with the previous post by anonymous 1, 2, 3. It's blog spam! I get enough of this crap in my inbox without having it on my blog! I will NOT visit your site and PLEASE no one visit it from this blog.

All dogs are beautiful...

except this one.

Mystery Solved!

Wow...mystery solved. I know that people have wrestled with this issue for centuries, but now Harvard is throwing money and brains at it! I have no doubt we will have an answer soon. Thank you Mr Liu!

[puffs out chest and peers over the top of his glasses in condescending manner]
"My expectation is that we will be able to reduce this to a very simple series of logical events that could have taken place with no divine intervention," said David R. Liu, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard.

"In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God."

Psalm 10:4

Post and Read

The last couple of posts, I'm not sure I have that many readers... hence the lack of posting. I've actually been doing MORE journaling on paper lately... not that I'm all that profound on screen... but maybe I will start writing again.

Thought from last night: babies should be made with an "off" switch.

Seriously, think about this. You feed them, play with them... even put up with some fussing (after all, there are days when I'm fussing) and then, 8 p.m. comes... you pick them up, kiss them goodnight, read a story or two... evening ritual... then...

[CLICK]

No getting up and screaming for absolutely no apparent reason at 1 am... no early-morning wake up calls... if you want to sleep in that morning, no problem...

Morning comes, you get out of bed, have a shower and a bowl of cereal... you are ready to face the day... and [CLICK]

You could build them like Windows based machines (rather than Macs) so that they take some time to boot up... but of course they would get sick more often... so better use a Mac operating system.

I think this idea is a keeper.