Doubt.

[hrmjustin]

Perfectly normal think to to have. Even believers like myself have doubts all the time.

Read a few things in the religion and atheist room and just want to make it clear the people of faith have their doubts and I think that is rather healthy for a believer to have.

[rug]

1. No doubt.

[hrmjustin]

2. lol.

[okasha]

3. Sin dude.

Funny thing. I've noticed that the folks who seem to think faith means never doubting even a syllable of a given rrligion's teaching themselves have no doubt at all of their own intellectual and moral superiority.

[hrmjustin]

4. Yes i have noticed that.

I never get how some don't get that there is diversity of opinions in different religions.

[AtheistCrusader]

8. There is a significant difference between the more populous general evangelical expression of faith

in the US population, and the more diverse views one encounters here on DU, I have noted.

I know many evangelicals, through work, and in public, that express a level of confidence in their relationship with Jesus/God that is completely bereft of doubt. I don't really know anyone here on DU, that has such overwhelming faith in god. None that have so clearly expressed it to me, anyway.

There may be a useful correlation to explore, between such people (who also happen to be politically right-wing) and those of us here on DU that express religious belief AND politically left-leaning ideas. That could be a mistaken observation that does not hold for the general population, but thinking back, I notice a pattern, at least among those that I know.

[No Vested Interest]

5. Yes, doubt. But I don't spend much time on it anymore.

I've been through this routine with myself enough times that I know my personal answer -

I'll never resolve it this side of the grave, so just move on and waste time on other matters.

[cbayer]

6. I think doubt may be the thing that keeps faith alive.

Otherwise it just becomes meaningless, I would think.

[okasha]

7. Doubt, questioning, curiosity--all good for the soul.