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Dogmatics 101: Know Why by Stone Saints
July 20th, 2006 11:48 AM
An Aspect of What I Believe and One of the Reasons Why:
I am a person who's lured by mysteries, attracted by siren song. I'm better satisfied with questions than answers most of the time. Even so, over the course of my life there's one answer that I've returned to, over and over, in response to many questions: God. As an answer (The Answer, really), I find God more satisfying and strange than all my questions, because on one hand he answers them, but on the other hand the mystery remains--and even grows. He is an answer that seems to swallow all my questions whole, and so becomes, for me, the very mystery to which he is the answer--and I can't resist that! He's the power of the Unknown, Known and All-Knowing in one.
I'm a Christian. I've studied Christian theology, secular philosophy, literature brimming over with ideas both secular and sacred, both tempting and compellingly repulsive, other religions and more. I've heard many many arguments for and against God. The one thing that keeps me holding on to my belief in him is, I believe, God himself and his grace in granting me faith, even at times of strongest doubt and depression.
For a little more of what I believe, you can check out Philippians 3:7-11 and John 3:16-21.
I am a person who's lured by mysteries, attracted by siren song. I'm better satisfied with questions than answers most of the time. Even so, over the course of my life there's one answer that I've returned to, over and over, in response to many questions: God. As an answer (The Answer, really), I find God more satisfying and strange than all my questions, because on one hand he answers them, but on the other hand the mystery remains--and even grows. He is an answer that seems to swallow all my questions whole, and so becomes, for me, the very mystery to which he is the answer--and I can't resist that! He's the power of the Unknown, Known and All-Knowing in one.
I'm a Christian. I've studied Christian theology, secular philosophy, literature brimming over with ideas both secular and sacred, both tempting and compellingly repulsive, other religions and more. I've heard many many arguments for and against God. The one thing that keeps me holding on to my belief in him is, I believe, God himself and his grace in granting me faith, even at times of strongest doubt and depression.
For a little more of what I believe, you can check out Philippians 3:7-11 and John 3:16-21.
