I recently found myself in a conversation, while it was not really about whether God existed or not. I came to a realization days later about people’s perception of the Christian faith. I choose not to use the word ‘religion’ because it, on its own carries a meaning many don’t want to hear or even associate with. I came to realize that folks have this notion that asking questions is a forbidden thing. It’s like when too many questions are asked, a giant lie or huge web of lies kept for so long will be uncovered and will destroy so many people’s faith. Of course, you would not want to be the cause of that, so it’s better to keep quiet and simply follow.
We have made questions about God a touchy subject, so much that we’re afraid of asking questions about Him – somewhere deep down someone is thinking, if I ask too many questions I might just find out that God doesn’t really exist.
The biggest lies ever told by the devil began that way. This blog is not about proving or disproving whether or not God exists, rather it is about leaving you with two choices: Believe He exists or Don’t Believe.
Asking questions improves learning. It increases your knowledge about something or someone. The more you know about something or someone, the more you can understand it or them. If you can understand it or them, then you can make an informed decision about it or them.
The problem we face is many people don’t really know much. They also have been afraid to ask questions and have lived their lives based on assumptions. When they are finally challenged on their assumed knowledge, they get very defensive but it really is because they really don’t know much and if the arguments continue, the other party might just win, which will be against what they know and have been taught all their lives.
Asking questions about God is really OK. If you are asking questions about God, don’t feel like an outsider. God likes it when you ask questions. He wants you to know more about Him than you want to. There are some questions that will never be answered by just reading the bible front to back but when you ask, God will answer (not audibly, maybe through a conversation with someone or even through meaningless arguments or discussions that you may or may not even be involved in – but answers do come), then the bible will make more sense about that thing. Asking questions about God means you want to know more about God, so you can make a better decision yourself about Him.
A lot of folks have deceived themselves into believing that God exists without being fully convinced and persuaded that He really does. This is why they fall into so many things or do some things that make us question God even more.
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