>Shouldn't a person who's truly of faith NOT be looking for these >signs? Isn't looking for these signs proof they're just fooling >themselves? To me it is.
Actually, *many* people of faith do greatly disagree with religious symbols of this type. You'll find Protestants in particular greatly disdain the veneration of objects (that's more a Catholic thing, although certainly not universal among them either). It's one thing I've found interesting in studying the Shroud for instance, that there's not a lot of correlation between people's faith and what they believe in terms of whether it is or is not the burial cloth of Jesus...a great deal of people of faith strongly disagree with the very notion that such a thing would even exist (and if you ask most Christians about it, the vast majority will know little more about it than the general population), and you'll likewise find many people that are not Christian but do think the evidence does point to it being linked with the historical figure of Jesus, but that it was of natural origin and thus says nothing about him being God. But I'm not sure I follow your assessment that someone that is looking for verification of their faith is "fooling themselves". That would only be the case if you knew for certain that a God does not exist. He may or may not choose to reveal himself in such a tangible way, but does that therefore mean that such a search must be pointless? One may not ever be able to "prove" that God exists, but that doesn't mean you can't still look for evidence as to whether for instance, Biblical accounts of events have a historical basis. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308363 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
