What are you thinking?

On Sunday I posted (on Twitter and Facebook) the subject of this coming Sunday's sermon; Can I be a Christian if I Still Have Doubts? I got several replies, I'll share them with you below. I'd love to hear what you're thinking, what faith doubts do you have? You can post an anonymous comment by clicking "comment" at the bottom of this post.


Facebook Responses:

of course a doubt is....am i "good" enough for god to always to be in my life, even though sin and temptation are everywhere

How about the mythological parts of the book? Are they just paradigms?

And unfulfilled promises, even when there was faith? Esp. with uncured people who die...

I guess the apostle Thomas did OK with it!

{Husband} and I were talking about this Friday as we waited for surgery to begin...sometimes I wonder if there really IS a God...and if so, why would I matter to Him? I sometimes wonder if the "idea" of God is created by humans to instill a sense of hope...I hope I don't get tossed outta church now that I've told you my secret doubts...:)

Read "The Shack", if you still have doubts or not.

I've read it...twice...I'm a doubter... :) It's how I dance...

I am sure that there has to be a higher being. but there are so many bibles and people who say their god wrote or influenced their bible. I just wonder how much of the bible really is to be taken literally...like kathryn said maybe the bible was just an "idea" that people had and therefore created the bible to create a way of living and sense of ... Read Morehope. every community has to create a way of living within its self. with rules and such....the bible has great teachings and is good to live by but everyone is going to read it in a different light what is the RIGHT way???? and who gets to answer that really?

Lee Stobel wrote several good books for those with doubt. "A Case for a Creator" is a great start!

I think {another response} was touching on this, but how about the whole "Why do bad things happen to good people" and why doesn't God step in...

Along with what {another repsonse} was saying, I most definitely believe that there is a higher being and I believe that my Almighty is God. I don't know who we, as Christians, are to say that we are right and others are wrong. How can we tell people that they are wrong just for worshiping someone or something else. I also sometimes doubt people when they call... Read More themselves Christians when some have so much judgement and hate in their lives. It breaks my heart when brothers and sisters in Christ are judged and ridiculed because of their sex, race, background, sexual orientation and many other aspects that makes a person who they are. I believe that God loves everyone for who they are and that we should do the same, no matter what their lifestyle is.

i have NO doubts!!!!!! i know my Redeemer lives. Praise God

No Doubts about being a Christian and my salvation. I have more questions like am I where God wants me to be? I am doing all that I should for the kingdom of God?

Doubt? how about Thomas, Peter on the water, etc. Doubt is about what we can't see. Hebrews 11:1 says it all. i could go all day about this one.

I'm way out of my league commenting on this one... I think I'll just sit back and watch the experts post! BTW, does this count as going to Mass for next week?

Doubt is part of our human nature that we must alway keep in check thorugh prayer. Eve was the first doubter, otherwise she would have never been tempted and we would all have no doubt. Also I believe doubt is part of God's design, if we knew for sure there would be no free will and our expressions of Love and Adoration for a God that loves us would be diminished.

a doubt....does God really give us what he thinks we can handle? At times it's overwhelming but everyone always resorts to that consolation. Sometimes, I think, what if things just happen and God doesn't really control it but he's just there to pick up the pieces? And if so, why? Hence the reason it's so hard for me to let go sometimes and stop trying to control everything myself.

I have my doubts, but those doubts come and go. I guess for me it is about not letting evil take over in those moments of doubt. If I didn't have friends in my small groups or a church home to worship in, I could see those doubts push someone over the edge. The doubt that I mostly have is there really life after this one?

Who hasn't had doubts? But what is the alternative? A vacuum, emptiness, a lack of purpose? Jesus fills that void. I'll never look back.