Quotes About Questioning

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

A friend asked the author,If this conversion you speak about is truly supernatural, and why is it not more evident in the lives of so many Christians that I know?

The truth is that whenever a fence is removed, it's wise to ask why it was put there in the first place.

More often than not religious rites are performed out of fear or superstition. And they are seldom questioned or examined.

When we come to know our Creator, the questioning is not for doubting but for putting it all together and marveling at His wonders.

DID JESUS REALLY PERFORM MIRACLES?

If the church didn't place true value on a person's questioning, then we were effectively absolving ourselves of any responsibility to that person.

What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning. . . . Our need for specific answers is dissolved in the greater issue of the lordship of Christ over all questions —those that have answers and those that don't.2 A heart

it is up to the thinking Christian to train the mind, take seriously the questioner, and respond with intelligence and relevance.

Who Made God? Copyright © 2003 by Ravi Zacharias and Norman Geisler

Sartre went so far as to say that the only question he could not answer was why he did not commit suicide.

The problem of pain has remained the single greatest question, not only for the skeptic who uses it as an excuse to doubt God's existence, but also for the believer who questions God's purpose.

Comprometer su vida, hábitos, pensamientos, metas, prioridades, todo, a un cierto grupo de creencias sin primero hacer preguntas y recibir respuestas, es edificar su vida sobre un fundamento frágil.

Isn't it amazing that we can go through life holding passionately to our views, yet never pausing to ask ourselves why that view is inviolable?

She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why.... Luckily, queer ones like her don't happen often.

You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead

I don't know anything anymore

We lost our faith and went around wondering what life was for. If art was no more than a frustrated out-flinging of desire, if religion was no more than self-delusion, what good was life? Faith had always given us answers to all things. But it all went down the drain with Freud and Darwin. We were and still are a lost people.

The sun rose yellow as a lemon. The sky was round and blue. The birds looped clear water songs in the air. Will and Jim leaned from their windows. Nothing had changed. Except the look in Jim's eyes. Last night. . . said Will. Did or didn't it happen?

She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing.

She didn't want to know -how- a thing was done, but -why-. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead.

You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it.

He slapped her face with amazing objectivity and repeated the question.