Some religious people selectively believe, while filing away the "hard stuff" (like the Noah story) under "I will never understand it, so I have faith that it must be true. And don't ask me to talk about it, because it bothers me too." (Hey, it sort of rhymes!) So if you ask some Catholics if they believe in the Virgin brith, there are some who sort of get embarassed about it and want to move on. Ask Orthodox Jews about the requirement to kill any Amalakite today, and many will express deep concern abotu it and hope that one day God will take back that requirement, and luckily we cannot see who is an Amalakit, and maybe we won't need to kill them...hoping..." And I have spoken to muslims about this getting of virgins thing when you are dead, and not all of them are comfortable with that either. And they reject the idea of male virgins!
So when you come right down to it, if you do not think about the problems with your faith, and if you rely on others to think for you, and if you are zealous in your dogma, then you never have a problem. But once you start to actually think, then the degree that you have a problem and have a faith crisis is related to the amount of thinking, clear thinking, about the stuff that people are telling you is true.
So when you come right down to it, if you do not think about the problems with your faith, and if you rely on others to think for you, and if you are zealous in your dogma, then you never have a problem. But once you start to actually think, then the degree that you have a problem and have a faith crisis is related to the amount of thinking, clear thinking, about the stuff that people are telling you is true.
“I've done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"— Ned Flanders
