We should question everything. I hope I'm not being the Devi''s advocate here, but why would you believe something you haven't questioned? Just because you were told to believe it? My belief doesn't work that way. In order for me to believe a thing, I have to inspect it and think about it, and question it. Unquestioning faith is, in my opinion, mindless faith. It's what is wrong with the liberals. They believe without question in everything the media tells them concerning global warming, and Covid. Don't be like them. Question everything, including the goodness of God. Work it out for yourself.
You will never know the Father if you don't believe He is unquestionably good. We are called to have child-like faith. When a child is young, he/she doesn't question a parent's motives; they have faith that the parent's motives are good.
It's not unquestioning, only a church organization that's trying to control people would mislead people to believe that.
On the contrary, if you are a questioning person, why not read the Gospel chapters of the Bible? John, Matthew, Luke.. Matthew was a questioner, he traced the genealogy of Jesus all the way back to Abraham in to show exactly how Jesus was born through the genealogy that he was prophesied to be born through.
If you want to cut out all the BS and get to the root of the question of Christianity, ask yourself this - Who was Jesus, as a historical figure, and who did he claim to be? Did Jesus claim to be a a mere teacher, or the human representation of God the creator? What does Jesus claim his blood on the cross accomplished? Does it take away ALL sins? If it does, what does that mean about the relationship between man and God, if all sins are completely removed?
Romans 10:17 says "Faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." That's what the Bible says about faith, forget what dysfunctional institutions say. But you will never know what the Bible actually says about anything until you read through it for yourself. Until then, you're just going off of what you've heard others say about it.
Kind of like the media, eh? Unless you do the research you are left believing what others feed you through public and popular opinion.
Take this for example - "God helps those who help themselves." I'll bet you would be absolutely certain that is in the Bible. Well, it's absolutely nowhere to be found in the Bible. This is just an example to show how much we believe about the Bible based on what we've heard. Very important to research it for yourself to get the truth.
It's not about unquestioning, it's about hearing the good news that all sins have been forgiven by Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, and believing it by faith. People who truly believe in Jesus have a conviction - a deep and solidified convincing of truth. For many of us that has been solidified through decades of questioning and then through years of studying the Bible. Conviction means to be sincerely convinced, basically. That comes from having your beliefs tested over and over and over again.
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