Response to "Belief Systems"

Some thoughts:

"There is a universal, absolute truth This is something you just have to decide for yourself..."

What if I never come to that decision? This may be picky, but it sounds like you're using a relativistic qualifier for an absolute statement.

"Humans innately seek truth and are only truly happy when they do so."

While I do believe that humans naturally seek truth over falsehood, I also believe that they seek it by their own means, (not to mention that they often have very different definitions for these things). Without God leading seekers to the Truth, true happiness will never be found.

"Though you can never be 100% that you know the truth..."

I'll refer to Ben on this, but I remember him telling me about Francis Schaeffer's writing on exhaustive knowledge. In reference to your statement about being 100% on the truth, I would have to agree if you mean that we will never have exhaustive knowledge of the Truth, ; however, I do believe we can be 100% about knowing the source of Truth, Jesus Christ. And this is where faith comes in. We were not given inquisitive minds to be continuously asking and seeking without rest--God gives us enough knowledge to be conclusive in many areas and more importantly to be at peace through his Holy Spirit, so that we may live life abundantly in faith. And this abundant life, I believe, does involve a desire to learn and a search for truth, but in a much different way than before we are saved.

"If you are scared or defensive about your beliefs, you have to ask yourself why."

I agree with you that if we are afraid of any of our beliefs, we should look into them and find out why we are afraid. We are to be prepared with a defense for what we believe, but if by defensive, you mean a scared aversion to questioning of our beliefs, than I agree with you.


I hope this hasn't been too picky or preachy...if it has please, rip me apart.