Overcoming Doubt

[Zahmir]

One of the ways that I battle doubt is point out that God, by never forcing but always giving man the ability to choose, has made it so that one can either choose to believe or not to believe.

For example, there are no signs or anything that say “God is fully present in the Eucharist.” Rather, God gives us the choice to believe or not to believe.

This goes for anything and everything. I don’t think there is anything in Catholic doctrine that can be “forced” upon another person.

For me, recognizing this choice and choosing God has been essential in bring me towards Him.

What are your thoughts?

 

[InLight247]

One of the ways that I battle doubt is point out that God, by never forcing but always giving man the ability to choose, has made it so that one can either choose to believe or not to believe.

For example, there are no signs or anything that say “God is fully present in the Eucharist.” Rather, God gives us the choice to believe or not to believe.

This goes for anything and everything. I don’t think there is anything in Catholic doctrine that can be “forced” upon another person.

For me, recognizing this choice and choosing God has been essential in bring me towards Him.

What are your thoughts?

Well said.
Life is a series of choices and every choice has a consequence.
Once we made our choice, we are responsible for that choice.
Faith is a choice. Like you said, we can choose to believe or we can choose to doubt. We can choose to be a Catholic or we can choose to be a Protestant, we can also choose to be a non-believer.

When I was a little child, my father was a Protestant; my mother was between a Buddhist and a non-believer. When I was in high school, I made up my mind to become a Catholic once I got into my first choice college. And that’s what I did.

God is so great to give us free will. With our free will, we choose the road to take and whatever the choice is, our life is never the same.

As a follower of Christ, we have choices to make daily. We can choose to read the Bible, to pray, to seek Him, to earnestly build our relationship with Jesus. Or we can choose to be lukewarm, to be indifferent, and not to do the things we know we are supposed to do. We can choose to love or we can choose to be selfish, we can choose to repent or we can choose to be hard hearted.

The choice is always ours.

 

[buffalo]

Catholicism is a proposition, not an imposition. If God made it an imposition without free choice, what would we gain?

 

[Zahmir]

Well said.
Life is a series of choices and every choice has a consequence.
Once we made our choice, we are responsible for that choice.
Faith is a choice. Like you said, we can choose to believe or we can choose to doubt. We can choose to be a Catholic or we can choose to be a Protestant, we can also choose to be a non-believer.

When I was a little child, my father was a Protestant; my mother was between a Buddhist and a non-believer. When I was in high school, I made up my mind to become a Catholic once I got into my first choice college. And that’s what I did.

Maybe I should clarify. There IS a right way to live, and Catholicism isn’t just “another religion.” But as the previous poster said, we have a choice to follow it or not.

 

[InLight247]

The point of my last post was this:
Every decision is a free choice.
Choice brings consequence and gears one’s life to different direction. Therefore, it is important to make careful and wise choice.

The statement “We can choose to be a Catholic, or a Protestant, or a non-believer” does not mean any choice is fine. It is not.

Truth has to be absolute; otherwise, it is not the truth. But that was not discussed in my previous post.

 

[Zahmir]

The point of my last post was this:
Every decision is a free choice.
Choice brings consequence and gears one’s life to different direction. Therefore, it is important to make careful and wise choice.

The statement “We can choose to be a Catholic, or a Protestant, or a non-believer” does not mean any choice is fine. It is not.

Truth has to be absolute; otherwise, it is not the truth. But that was not discussed in my previous post.

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