I have no doubts….None!

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O.S.Luke said:
St. Thomas walked with Jesus, but had his doubts. His doubts, however, lead to strong faith. “Doubting Thomas” was the first disciple to confess that Jesus was Lord and God. His doubts lead him to faith, so much so that Thomas went on to India to preach and convert.

Those who had dreams and hopes destroyed often fall into doubt - as did Job of the Old Testament. But God didn’t turn away from Job because of his doubts - nor did He turn away from the Israelites, and our Psalms contain many hymns of lament where God’s presence and power were doubted.

If you have no doubts, Jimmy, great. However, some folks who have lost much and had much destroyed do have their doubts. Working through those doubts makes faith stronger and surer.

I’m not sure if boasting that we have no doubts is very wise.

I was the pastor to a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for a heinous crime he was later cleared of; he was incarcerated for 4 years. He lost his job, lost his family because they did not want to be associated with a man who could have committed such a crime, and he lost his friends who felt likewise. He was previously a very respected man in his community, and very devout in faith. After this experience, his doubts were innumerable.

It taught me that no one is immune to doubt; my parishioner, Thomas, or Job. God can redeem our doubt, though, and increase our faith.
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Hello O.S. Luke

Excellent post!

For me personally; it was when I discovered that I truly loved Mary, the Mother of our Lord, that I had no doubts about her son, my Lord and Savior and His Roman Catholic Church.

The Rosary is a powerful prayer and so is love!

Additionally, the Sacraments have strengthened my faith and are real to me now. The Holy Eucharist is a powerful source of my strength and when we truly understand and actually believe that it (the Eucharist) truly transforms’ into the real body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, it becomes real to us and it is then that our faith becomes real and there is no turning back from that point.

Many other devout Catholics, whom I have spoken with, share my experiences with Mary and the Sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist.

Even to this day, it is an overwhelming experience for me, when receiving the Body and Blood of Christ.

He (Jesus) said that He would never leave us and He never did.

Maybe that is why I try so hard here. It is because I now, truly experience the fullness of my Catholic Faith and I want that for others.

No, I have NO doubts! Nothing can separate me from my Lord and His Church now.

It was this kind of faith and lack of doubt that enabled the Apostles and many early martyrs to go to their death, often times, singing and praying. They knew who Jesus was/is, They knew who Mary was/is, they knew that they belonged to Christ’s True Church and they believed in the Sacraments.

Thank you for your post.
 
Doubts.

I am believer Orthodox Christian and I have faith which is not to be shaken, and also I have doubts and misunderstandings about many things.

Doubt is and should arise in all believers. Doubt in general is an outcome of human life, mind and heart. Not to have doubts is a kind of illness. Undoubting people in general are dull, unarousable, lazy and without interests. But also it is a kind of illness to see world only through eyes of doubt. This is also laziness.

But if there is no doubt - then further growth is not possible. Doubt will allow new spiritual facts and spiritual experience, new answers, new deeper understanding.

Even then when faith begins to grow week in the face of as yet unresolved facts, the person must in pray say, " I believe, O Lord, help to my not belief." The value of such doubt can be judged by whether it orients the person to seek proof and explanation or only to see and accept contradiction.

Many have doubts we have a Russian language Orthodox journal specificaly designed for doubts - it is named after St. Toma - in Russian Foma. Can find this journal at

www.foma.ru
 
I have many doubts…but I still believe. Sometimes it isn’t easy, and I couldn’t imagine never doubting, but I’ll take Journey’s advice (even if it didn’t relate to Christianity).
 
I have no doubt at all that the Catholic Church among all the different churches that are in existence now is the Church that Jesus founded and set up. If that is the question, yes, I do not have any doubt that I am in the correct church.

As for personal faith, that can be shaky sometimes and yes there is doubt at times. Though I have to admit that generally it is good.

Yes, like when I look into the night sky and see the stars and I do begin to wonder, are not we just a tiny speck in the vast universe? Is there anyone else out there? Does God know each and everyone of us? What about if we are merely robots planted by extraterrestrial aliens and when we die we are merely expiring?

That kind of thought do run in my mind sometimes but after considering all things, I have no doubt that there is a God that’s responsible for all this. It’s kind of tough to believe the things we do not see and touch. But for me, God is kind and gracious because I do often encounter him in my daily life in small and big miracles, which I always attributed to Him.

+Thank you God, for being my God. Amen.+
 
Of course, Socrates said that the wise are always in doubt. Only fools are sure of themselves. Guess I’m wise…😃

Here’s my worst fear:

What if, against all odds, somewhere in my studies…I made a mistake?
 
I have no doubts. If I did I could not be a member of the Hook, Line, and Sinker Club…
 
Of course I have doubt, but I also have faith. I persist in my faith, with God’s grace, despite my fear and doubt. Even St. Peter had doubt (and more than a few saints). Indeed, scripture is filled with holy men and women who entertained doubt and yet trusted in God’s intimate presence in their lives.
 
i’m a work in process. if i read same post years ago, i had many doubts. but continues feeding/nourishment by the word of God and the teachings of the Catholic Church over the years, i can say my house is now built on solid rocks. no hurricane could blow it away. is it boasting to say that? an honest answer to a legitimate question? i hope not.
 
OneTrueCathApos said:
There is no doubt in my mind that God exists, due to an experience of mine, but sadly I may add that if I didn’t have this experience, would I still have this much faith?
**I have studied the Catholic church, the history and the Holiness which surrounds it and I am convinced it is the church established by Christ…or I wouldn’t be in it. **
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I am struggling with this very issue. Doubt. I have to reaffirm my faith every morning and throughout the day. So many times God has revealed to me his power and glory. At times performing what can only be regarded as miracles. Yet, even now I have doubts. I will continue to pray and meditate asking the Holy Spirit to live in me. One thing I know for sure, without God, the darkness is too great to endure. Nothingness is truly hell.
 
No doubts. Occasionally in the past I might have had some difficulties–I’m only human, I’m not perfect, and I’m not brilliant by any means.

But as has been said, ten thousand difficulties do not add up to one doubt. In that sense and understanding, then, I have no doubts about God and my Faith. Any difficulties I might have to struggle through for the rest of my life are just that --personal and experiential difficulties based on my own understanding and its limits–and which with the help of God whose strength is made perfect in my weakness I can overcome.

With due respect to Socrates et. al – to be in the kind of questioning ‘doubt’ that keeps on raising, “but what if” for an infinite number of scenarios, and keeps one in such flux that he can never give an absolute answer because “well, right now I think this but”. . . would be absolutely antithetical to faith in anything, especially faith in God. This kind of doubt, sadly prevalent in today’s culture, touted as being ‘broad-minded, tolerant, open-minded, rational’ etc. winds up being so open that it permits the person to believe more than 6 impossible things before breakfast. It’s SO open-minded that the person can walk around ‘accepting’ hundreds of diametically opposed beliefs without ever stopping to CHOOSE any one of them. Simply letting them whirl around in his head is enough for him–because, if he chooses ONE, then he agonizes, “what if another one is right”? --not seeing that in that alone he has proved to himself that there is an absolute --there is something ‘more right’ or ‘better’ than another–and he MUST choose. Simply standing there saying, “I’ll take them all so I don’t make a wrong choice” is a worse wrong than prayerfully and carefully making a choice that turns out to be the wrong one. It’s intellectually lazy IMO.
 
Isn’t doubt always an element of faith? I mean, I define it as knowing that my believes in God may be wrong and it is possible that your belief is better than mine. But my decision to go with my definition is one of faith.
 
Jimmy_B said:
I have no doubts….None!

I believe in Jesus Christ and His Roman Catholic Church.

So, I don’t understand why there are so many here, who have doubts and seem insecure about their faith.

How many here, are absolutely 100% sure of their faith and how many of you have doubts… and why?
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Well,

I certainly believe in the Jesus part of that statement.🙂 If I were still Catholic, I would say Jesus and the Jesuits (who I think best represent Roman Catholic values).

But otherwise, I have doubts. I can’t help but be a Thomas. However, I love Jesus, and I try to allow that love to erase confusion.
 
Henning said:
Just starting RCIA, I still have doubts…not many…Marian dogmas are hardest for me. I haven’t joined HLS club just yet.
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I had doubts when I first converted, but now 28 years down the road, the doubts are gone. It just takes time and study.
 
Jimmy_B said:
I have no doubts….None!

I believe in Jesus Christ and His Roman Catholic Church.

So, I don’t understand why there are so many here, who have doubts and seem insecure about their faith.

How many here, are absolutely 100% sure of their faith and how many of you have doubts… and why?
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I thought that this was important enough to repeat…because I have NO doubts!
 
Jimmy_B said:
I have no doubts….None!

I believe in Jesus Christ and His Roman Catholic Church.

So, I don’t understand why there are so many here, who have doubts and seem insecure about their faith.

How many here, are absolutely 100% sure of their faith and how many of you have doubts… and why?
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My faith may be shaky at times and I want it to be stronger but I have no doubts that what I believe is the truth. Obviously, or I wouldn’t believe it. My faith is in Jesus Christ and the truth of God’s word, the Bible, whether or not I always live up to it.
 
Valke2 said:
IMHO, faith without doubt can be a very dangerous thing.
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Hello Valk2,

“faith without doubt can be a very dangerous thing”

Where does it say that in that in the Bible? Isn’t there a lesson to be learned from Job and other faithful people in the Bible?

Peace 🙂
 
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