ursus 137 wrote:To those who question my Christian faith: You do not know me, so how can you see inside my mind and soul?
You are right, we don't know you, but......
I may have a stronger and sounder faith than you do. Just a possibility.
....you don't sound very assuring when you said that.
A little bit of honest doubt is an essential part of Christian faith. Saint Augustine had this idea in mind when he once replied to a questioner that "if a man doubts, he lives."
St. Augustine studied scripture...have you?
"Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all."
Saint Augustine (354-430),