I have always been the kid who's asked 'Why?' In my faith, you're just supposed to have faith. But I was always like 'why?'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.
It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.
Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
I grew up in a religious community, and like everyone, I went through a period of doubt and later made a conscious choice to embrace the faith of my childhood.
If you've ever questioned your faith, you're going to question it when you are burying your own children.
It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.
Faith itself is a horrible mechanism that stunts the growth of ideas. It also stunts the act of questioning, and it does this by pushing the idea that you have to have faith - and that nothing has to be proven.
I never question God. Sometimes I say, 'Why me? Why do I have such a hard life? Why do I have this disease? Why do I have siblings who died?' But then I think and say, 'Why not me?'
Faith is a continuation of reason.