Why it is important to ask

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.

We all are conditioned to be believers. We asked by parents,teachers,saints,friend- s and nearly everyone we connect with to believe them and not to question them. To question them is to challenge their authority, it is a sign of disrespect. We all can agree that our parents and teachers and most of the saints have good intentions. They want us to be happy and so we should do what they ask us to do,speak what they ask us to speak and think what they ask us to think. Is it not possible that even after having the best intentions they are imparting us knowledge that is wrong, methods to live life that are flawed? By believing that earth is not the centre of the universe and that Indra is not responsible for rain, have we disrespected the saints who wrote vedas and believed in geocentric world and Indra's might? Was it wrong to ask the question that Copernicus asked and found the answer as the universal truth that earth revolves around the sun? No it wasn't. He questioned and he found the truth. If the whole point of being spiritual is to arrive at truth then why should we just believe? Why shouldn't we question? Did God give us brains to not to use it?

It is understood that is is difficult to find answer but if we don't question then it is just impossible.