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I have my ideas, my worldviews, but I can hardly validate them—even when I feel peace with God or realize they are bearing good fruit. I'm overcome by an exaggerated fear of being heretical. It's as if I can't trust what I understand in secret with God.
For example, I believe there is a basic self-love, the kind that sustains life, that is for everyone—even the worst sinner. After all, there is no distinction regarding the dignity of being a creature, and preserving life is also the Lord's will. But, because of my doubts, I'm trapped in the feeling that I might be very wrong, or defending something too serious, simply because there are other views that seem to invalidate mine.
This isn't just in theology—it extends to my whole life. I doubt myself frequently, I give in to others to be accepted or to avoid "embarrassment." Many times I assume that the other person is right and I am wrong. This pattern has paralyzed me and made me live in anguish.
@lanynha
I understand what you mean 🩷
It's difficult when we ourselves have a core set of values, morals and principles.
And we have a strong faith that comes before anything.
We aren't always popular with what we believe.
It's hard to navigate things.
But sometimes we don't have to pass judgement or comment on how others live their lives.
We have to be tolerant, respectful and just always remind ourselves to act with love and not let others allow us to compromise our own values.
There's nothing wrong with standing for what you believe in and calling out a wrong doing, once your tone is clear, it's what you believe and it's fine to show your side not out of anger or hatred 🩷
It's clear you are a good person 🩷
Always stand up for what you believe in, someone else being right doesn't make you wrong and reaching out is a good place to start. You sound like a good person and you should feel the same way about yourself.
@lanynha
I think it's a matter of personal philosophy, the question you should answer sincerely is are my beliefs rooted in the truth?, if your beliefs are based on the truth (original information) then it's backed by principles not opinions, before you got to the point where you can speak about your convictions openly, you'd have repeatedly applied the same beliefs to your personal life, so bear in mind people will always have opinions wether or not they agree with your school of thoughts, and since our words are not ours when they're spoken we're in the same vein not responsible for what people understand or how they interpret our beliefs.