Why Are Christians Afraid To Doubt?

The first part certainly can be confirmed by going around to some churches and sitting in on a sermon for a few weeks. However, many of those pastors don't really have this wealth and power trip going on--at least, not consciously. Remember, if they were born into the belief, then they were brainwashed as well, and thus most of them actually believe some of the more radical doctrines.As for the all-too-cliche evil priests(and they know who they are), their power trip is largely in their own minds; anybody who's even a little less religious than their church would give him the one finger salute if he demanded that they give him money and alterboys. I'll admit, though, that if we're talking a corrupt cabinet member of the Vatican, then your statement's rock solid.

Contention acknowledged. With all due respect, it seems to jump to generalizations a bit. Some Christians have no problems with doubting, take this example from this thread: I don't agree with everything said in the rest of the post per se, but this is one person (representing many, myself included) who feels that it is important to doubt in order to grow spiritually.While faith is illogical by its very definition, a little dash of doubt doesn't necessarily send it crumbling to the ground.Not trying to get at you for having a different opinion, by the way-- there certainly are some people who would avoid doubt as you described. Just bear in mind that not every religious person feels that doubt is demonic, and that the muscles of faith can often grow stronger with a little breakdown. Edited by One_Charred_Wing, : No reason given.

Okay, my admission was a little too narrow, but I'm doing this between classes when I should be re-reading my biopsyche notes before lecture Yes, all of those certainly are not eligible(sp) for the defense I gave. I have a somewhat biased schema against Pentecostals, so I try to avoid using them as examples lest I use the term 'pendejos' as a synonym somewhere along the line. Whoops...

Dang it, Jar. I leave for one day and you take my brownie points!