It's not an all or none in my books FD.

Not saying "shopping" is appropriate...just saying that being a Christian and having doubts is not incompatible.

It means you have examined your faith, your system of belief etc and have come to some conclusion on that basis

AND because what you and I and everyone else believes MUST BE BASED ON FAITH ALONE, that to me says all faith that leads us to live good lives is fine by me, and more importantly, all faiths that encourage living a just life based on its basic precepts (all faiths have this...the 10 Commandments, The 7 Pillars of Islam, the 8 Fold Path of Buddhismetc etc...all contain worthy ideals to live by and are mostly similar when examined...and all have The Golden Rule) are inherently good. I have come to believe that all that is good about religion and faith is about God, and all that is evil is due to fallible humanity

It also means I cannot judge others based on their faith or ours, or harm others because of their faith or ours, or judge others' actions we believe goes against our faith.

My take is that if we believe in God and accuse someone of anything "on behalf of God" we transgress and assume His power to condemn or forgive or deal with the individual. Is that not what Heaven and Hell are for?







If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop