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radishbo
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I have a great deal of questions about the Church and the faith, ranging from historical to philosophical. These questions can and do turn into doubts as I really dig into them in my head and as I uncover answers from non-Catholic sources.
I know that apologetics requires asking questions, and that we have to question our faith in order to be secure in it. But asking questions and maintaining faith at the same time feels contradictory to me. If I’m asking a question, it’s because I don’t know the answer - but if I have faith, then I do know the answer, so why ask it at all?
If I ask a question and seriously allow/entertain the possibility that the answer will not support Catholic teachings, that feels sinful to me. But if I ask a question without entertaining this possibility, then it feels pointless.
How do you walk the line of conducting a fruitful investigation of your own faith, without committing the sin of disbelief/loss of faith?
I know that apologetics requires asking questions, and that we have to question our faith in order to be secure in it. But asking questions and maintaining faith at the same time feels contradictory to me. If I’m asking a question, it’s because I don’t know the answer - but if I have faith, then I do know the answer, so why ask it at all?
If I ask a question and seriously allow/entertain the possibility that the answer will not support Catholic teachings, that feels sinful to me. But if I ask a question without entertaining this possibility, then it feels pointless.
How do you walk the line of conducting a fruitful investigation of your own faith, without committing the sin of disbelief/loss of faith?