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I too have had a problem, not so much as with faith and “believing,” but with some of the things taught by the Church. Things that seem to me to be at odds with Jesus and His teachings.
I would encourage everyone to question the teachings of the Church, not that the Church is wrong, but to really establish what YOU believe. Everyone has their faith tested, and it is by this self assesment of beliefs that your faith is made strong in times of trial and in defending your beliefs.
There were a lot of varying beliefs in the early Church. The Council of Nicea in 325 attempted to reconcile these beliefs and consolidate the Church into an unified Body of Christ. I would guess that there were many compromises made before the Council adjourned.
In a secular study of the Bible, many inconsistancies can be found. In my own reflections, I consider these inconsequential to the message Jesus was sent to deliver. But as one authority has said, Paul took the religion OF Jesus and made it into a religion ABOUT Jesus. I’m not quite sure that Paul did this, but it has certainly been done in the 2000 years since. And this may be just me, but I believe that in doing so, they condemn all who are not “Christian.”
Everyone knows John 3:16, but consider John 3:17:
“For God sent the Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.”
There are many who live their lives according to the teachings of Christ but may never have heard of Jesus. How, I ask, can the Church, or at least some churches, condemn these people just because they are Jewish, Moslem, or of some other religion. To do so is in direct conflict with the above cited verse.
I guess my point is, study the gospels for yourself and don’t believe something just because someone spoon feeds it to you or you heard it on TV.
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