Blackwater
04-06-2020, 12:45 PM
I don't think I'm alone in noting that many of the questions we all hear in discussions of theology are flawed and unanswerable. This is what deniers dote on! They try to convolute every belief we have as Christians, tangle our concepts up and make a mess of things. Even devout Christians can fall prey to trying to answer unanswerable and erroneous questions pretty often. So why is it that we seem to think we have to have an answer to every question, no matter how nonsensical the question???? It amazes me, and yet, I've done that very same thing, and not just on the rare occasion, either!
Why can't we just say "I don't know, I leave those type questions up to the Lord to answer, and maybe one day I'll find an answer to that question." It's so easy to just say that, and avoid all the dissension and turmoil that attempting to answer nonsensical questions can create. If we truly trust our Lord, it shouldn't be difficult for us to say "I don't know," but maybe it's society's expectations that tends to make us grab for answers, oftentimes rather unsteadily, when some convoluted question arises? I'm not entirely sure, but whatever it is, it sure is a huge stumbling block for us in the search for truth and light!
Sometimes, we rush into the fray before we really think and consider the question, and whether it CAN be adequately answered or not. We live in "interesting times," as the old Chinese curse put it, and everything is tilted toward instantaneous answers to whatever question lies before us. Maybe that's what's controlling our behavior. But if we're Christians, we're supposed to rise above such considerations, and seek light and truth as best as our mortal minds can conceive it. We will surely never truly realize all truth and light until after it's revealed to us, which won't be in this earthly life. So, why can't we be content to accept what we CAN know, and not feel pressured to answer every crazy question we are presented? Yeah. It's that old thing about us being flawed, and our tendency to do what we've always done, and our tendency to NOT sit and think BEFORE we answer a question. If we thought, and used those big brains that God gave us, we'd avoid a LOT of sadness and dissent. As Shakespeare said so long ago now, "What fools these mortals be." And I count myself among the chief offenders in this regard, too! I've been so dumb at times, that I cannot believe I did such things, or said such things. But I did. That's a matter of record. Even when seeking truth and light, I've asked some really idiotic questions, and tried in vain to answer them. And I've approached good questions from the wrong angle, and thus, the door to that understanding remained closed to me until the Lord opened it when I approached it from the right angle.
This being a Christian business ain't easy! But it's always, always, always worth every bit of effort we can put forward to it. And what's embarassing is that the true answers are so often very easy and almost self evident, if we just calm down and look at the questions from a balanced and calm perspective. It's almost like God is trying to teach us something by making so many answers available only when we're calm and relaxed and sincere. Ain't that something!
Why can't we just say "I don't know, I leave those type questions up to the Lord to answer, and maybe one day I'll find an answer to that question." It's so easy to just say that, and avoid all the dissension and turmoil that attempting to answer nonsensical questions can create. If we truly trust our Lord, it shouldn't be difficult for us to say "I don't know," but maybe it's society's expectations that tends to make us grab for answers, oftentimes rather unsteadily, when some convoluted question arises? I'm not entirely sure, but whatever it is, it sure is a huge stumbling block for us in the search for truth and light!
Sometimes, we rush into the fray before we really think and consider the question, and whether it CAN be adequately answered or not. We live in "interesting times," as the old Chinese curse put it, and everything is tilted toward instantaneous answers to whatever question lies before us. Maybe that's what's controlling our behavior. But if we're Christians, we're supposed to rise above such considerations, and seek light and truth as best as our mortal minds can conceive it. We will surely never truly realize all truth and light until after it's revealed to us, which won't be in this earthly life. So, why can't we be content to accept what we CAN know, and not feel pressured to answer every crazy question we are presented? Yeah. It's that old thing about us being flawed, and our tendency to do what we've always done, and our tendency to NOT sit and think BEFORE we answer a question. If we thought, and used those big brains that God gave us, we'd avoid a LOT of sadness and dissent. As Shakespeare said so long ago now, "What fools these mortals be." And I count myself among the chief offenders in this regard, too! I've been so dumb at times, that I cannot believe I did such things, or said such things. But I did. That's a matter of record. Even when seeking truth and light, I've asked some really idiotic questions, and tried in vain to answer them. And I've approached good questions from the wrong angle, and thus, the door to that understanding remained closed to me until the Lord opened it when I approached it from the right angle.
This being a Christian business ain't easy! But it's always, always, always worth every bit of effort we can put forward to it. And what's embarassing is that the true answers are so often very easy and almost self evident, if we just calm down and look at the questions from a balanced and calm perspective. It's almost like God is trying to teach us something by making so many answers available only when we're calm and relaxed and sincere. Ain't that something!