Christians do you find that...?

Question

Christians do you find thinking critically to be too difficult and just prefer faith in your god as written in the bible?

Answer 1

I do not find it difficult to think at all.  I enjoy it as a matter of fact.  I think on a daily basis.  Things like...will we [America] ever start off-shore drilling?  Will the Presidential election go well?  How close are we to catching Osama?  Will abortion ever be considered murder and finally outlawed?  How can I better serve God today?  Have I let everyone I love know that I love them?  Is God proud of me?  Who can I share Him w/ today?  And...Why is the person who asked this insulting question so bent on making fun of Christians?

Let me ask you something...Do you find it difficult to have faith in God or anything at all or do you prefer living life with an empty void?

Answer 2

You have fallen for a classic atheist party line. Christians are great critical thinkers. It is typical arrogance to assume that just because we don't come to the same conclusions that you do, we must be ignorant.

Answer 3

They feel that they are thinking critically.

Answer 4

Not at all. Critical analysis refers to "disciplined intellectual criticism that combines research, knowledge of historical context, and balanced judgement" which are all components of theological study. Many Christians do a tremendous amount of study and research on the principals of their faith. In fact, it is usually an ongoing thing and readily encouraged by most good pastors. Faith on the other hand is defined as"belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something, especially without logical proof". As you can see, the fact that I choose to have faith in God is not neccessarily relative to my critical thinking skills, one does not preclude the other.. In fact, I use critical thinking skills quite regularly in order to understand the oversimplisitic way in which non-Christians make poor life decisions and attempt to justify them. So, my ability to apply critical thinking skills in the study of Christianity is what allows me to have faith in situations where there is no logical conclusion.  

Answer 5

I think that your question omits the Spirit of God. And I think that it is why you don't understand. Which also is something that God promised. Which is why I am not surprised that your question doesn't mention the Spirit of God.

Answer 6

(1Th 5:21)  Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

(Heb 11:1)  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

If you can prove that God doesn't exist, I would obey the Bible, and become an atheist. I am confident in saying this, because He simply does exist, and all the science in the world cannot contradict the truth. Because science is designed to give us the truth. My faith is based on the evidence of intelligent design. That's my answer for atheists. For me, my faith is based on God and His Spirit, but atheists don't understand that answer, because they don't know God.

Answer 7

No. We simply acknowledge the very simple, very obvious, and very important difference between matters of faith and matters of reason.

Answer 8

Why, because most of them don't care to indulge you in your fantasies as to what you think is proper?

Jesus was a socialist...Please...

Answer 9

Eh, it can be difficult. But I find that it is only difficult if I make it to be.

I prefer thinking critically and finding new answers to the questions I have. And I don't think that God tells us to just have faith. He commanded us to worship and follow Him with all of our heart, soul, and mind. The heart and soul is easy for most Christians, but we have to go the extra mile to worship Him will our mind. And for me, it is learning more about God. Wanting to know God more and find more out about Him is in itself, worshiping Him.