Losing faith
Firstly for anyone who is worried that the title is referring to myself don't worry I'm not (or should I say I aren't).
Secondly I find it passing strange that doing certain activities is meant to cause one to lose their faith. I mean if a mere mundane activity can cause one to lose your faith then you never had to strong a grasp on your faith to begin with. I am referring to things such as doing certain courses at University (such as philosophy or religious studies) I have even heard people comment that such a thing a Bible College causes loss of faith, also some movies are held as suspect and some activities. I think that if someone loses their faith through such a thing it is not that the thing itself causes the loss of faith but rather may be the straw that breaks the camels back. Maybe...
Also while I could possibly agree that Bible College causes a loss of faith it was not a bad thing to lose. The faith that I had I mean I think that it had has instilled in me a deeper truer faith.
Secondly I find it passing strange that doing certain activities is meant to cause one to lose their faith. I mean if a mere mundane activity can cause one to lose your faith then you never had to strong a grasp on your faith to begin with. I am referring to things such as doing certain courses at University (such as philosophy or religious studies) I have even heard people comment that such a thing a Bible College causes loss of faith, also some movies are held as suspect and some activities. I think that if someone loses their faith through such a thing it is not that the thing itself causes the loss of faith but rather may be the straw that breaks the camels back. Maybe...
Also while I could possibly agree that Bible College causes a loss of faith it was not a bad thing to lose. The faith that I had I mean I think that it had has instilled in me a deeper truer faith.
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I would agree - if your faith can't confront challenges, then what's the point?
But that said, if you deliberately participate in sinful activities, that would have a damaging effect on your faith, as you are feeding your sin. This however is different to intellectual activity
i agree nato. doing something intellectual or out of a curiosity is cool but only if you are at a mature (for lack of a far better term)or more 'on to it' place. you probably shouldn't try to see if your faith can survive premarital sex or a binge on the turps. still what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger(that was,infact, a joke)
Plus I;m really cute...
maitowvn (think about it... or else....bitch)
Where "intellectual" things get dangerous, IMHO, is the situation where a "Christian" person, in authority (eg. at a theological college) starts teaching in a way that is contrary to Scripture. The imprimatur of identification (even if false) and authority is a potent combination.
Hopefully not much of that goes on...but I fear that more does than we would like.
Although I agree that certainly mundane activities should have little effect on the state of one's faith there are some activities which some people would class as mundane which really arent, so I take the view that in some cases its better to be safe than sorry. (The particular circumstance I have in mind is dating those of other beliefs.. I am aware it is a contentious issue but in my experience it has more often than not led to loss of faith... but then to say something heretical... what is it saying about christianity if it is so often in those relationships the christian is compromised not the non-christian??)
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