Is there a such thing as healthy skepticism? I'm not sure. I might need some people to help me here.
One of the things that I've learned about myself after 4 years of college is that I'm beginning to become a skeptical person. Even though I believe in right and wrong I'm almost not accepting anything these days as "the it." It seems like I'm questioning almost any and everything these days. Maybe I'm confused about a lot of things. Maybe I believe we've been taught a lot of things wrong. I think it's both sometimes.
College has almost taught me that most things (well I think the better phrase might be "a lot" )are relative, based on the opinion of someone else and dependent on the situation. I am very careful with this thought process as it pertains to my life as a Christian but I'm almost becoming skeptic when it comes to certain aspects in church. One of my goals over the last 2 years has been to understand why we do certain things. I'm not interested in just doing things because "that's just the way it is." I want to understand how certain things became the way they are. Maybe I'm skeptical because of that.
I think college has been good as far as getting me to think outside the box on certain issues but I just wonder if my "skepticism" is too much or if it's healthy. I do think that things in today's society might be different if more people back in the day had questioned certain things. I just don't want to question every little thing and make everything analytical but now that I see how things are, it makes me wonder how many things are based on truth and how many things are relative (based on opinion).
Someone help me understand if my skepticism is healthy or not. At this point I do not question whether God exist or Jesus Christ lived and resurrected. I absolutely believe that but things such as church practice and stuff after that is where my skepticism grows a little. I don't know. I think it's fine to question things but I don't want my increasingly skeptic thought process to become a problem in the future.
So I just leave with a bunch of confusing thoughts....lol! Help me out!
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