It would appear that certain people have missed the point of this thread. o.o
But anyway, back on topic…
**We are told not to question, and told not to question our faith, just believe.
In my opinion, that makes us no more than puppets, because we have been given something poweful, our mind, and yet we are told not to think, but to obey.**
As someone who is deeply involved with the christian religion (my mother is a pastor and I teach sunday school), I have come to make various observations about the church. Direct interpretation of any holy document often leads to petty disagreements and a great deal of unnecessary anger. I believe that when people are told not to question the words of their religion, they are enforcing the direct interpretation that many (Jesus included) fought so hard against.
I believe that the statement you have referenced originates from a basic fear of change that all humans have. In using our minds to interpret the sacred texts, we are, in a way, changing them. To me, this is funny for two reasons. First, the cultural interpretation of a word changes over time. The reason Shakespeare's works are often "translated" is because many of the words and expressions mean different things than they would seem. For example, "the weird sisters" implies the ability to foretell the future, rather than simply being bizarre. The King James Bible is almost a thousand years older than the works of Shakespeare, and yet people still take the words "literally." The second reason I find this practice funny is a problem that every person on this forum has encountered: translation. The bible, the Koran, and every document that I know of has been translated to english from another language. In addition to being written by man, and not by god, they were most certainly translated with no godly intervention. Unless you're reading the Torah in Arabic, you're not getting the complete original intention of the writer. Yet, there are people who follow only the exact words written in the english translation of their holy book. The reason? They subscribe to the belief stated above.
Although this belief has some rather important oversights, it appears to be based on one crucial piece of wisdom that often goes forgotten in this day and age. The holy documents were written in a time when huge empires were moving into other countries and conquering them by mass-conversion. When the Romans controlled Israel, many of the Jewish writings were interpreted in favor of Roman rule. Most of Jesus' teachings suggested that it was better to interpret your religion in a way that you feel is right for yourself, others, and god, rather than interpreting them in ways that will comply with the Romans. Naturally, the Jewish priests wanted to stay alive, so they had him crucified in fear of a Roman millitary reaction. Many of you may remember that when Pontius Pilate, a Roman official, was assigned to judge Jesus, he could not find any reason to crucify him, and in the end, gave into the priests' insistance that "he is a heretic."
So, as I have interpreted it, the practice of believing the sacred texts without question of their meaning has it's good and bad points. Today, the fear of changing the original meaning is still somewhat waranted, as the world is a very sinful place.