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Christianity is built upon “believe and do not doubt”. Sorry, I think your Chinese friend was a bit starry-eyed about Christianity…

• svieira 6mo ago
  Fides quaerens intellectum (faith seeking understanding) is almost literally a millennium old at this point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fides_quaerens_intellectum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fides_quaerens_intellectum (and much older if you take it back to Saint John's response to the resurrection John 20:8-9)
  • dh2022 6mo ago
    What you wrote is quite obscure. Much more popular is "believe and do not doubt". Also: Jesus' response to Apostle Thomas after his resurrection from the dead is recited during every Easter mass: "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
    • foobarian 6mo ago
      Yes, on the surface the religion is the textbook antithesis of free thought. And yet I think my friend was getting at something deeper I can't quite pin down easily. Maybe it was just a lucky combination of aristocrat philosophers justifying their pursuits? Then there was the Enlightenment thing...
      • dh2022 6mo ago
        On the surface the religion is the antithesis of free thought? Where does persecution of scientists during the Medieval Age belong to? Is it below the surface? Above the surface? Enlightenment runs contrary to Christian Dogma - Enlightenment advocates for the separation of Church and State. Sorry pal, but Christianity is firmly against free thought....
    • svieira 6mo ago
      Jesus says, "I am the way and the truth and the life". And to Thomas He says _first_ (two verses earlier), "Put in thy finger hither, and see my hands; and bring hither thy hand, and put it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing".
  • dh2022 6mo ago
    And to add another famous example: Galileo Galilei 500 years ago was persecuted by the Christian Church because he (Galileo) defended helio-centrism. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair Sorry pal, but Christian Church is firmly in the "believe and do not doubt" camp.
    • svieira 6mo ago
      https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/resources/galileo/historical-events/galileo-a-quick-summary/ https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/resources/galileo/histori... You are one of today's lucky 10K! That's the short version. The LONG version is https://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/galileo-affair-1-problem-with.html https://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/galileo-affair-1-pr...