I've long considered doubt to be an ongoing condition of faith—one that ebbs and flows in strength or weakness. For me, at least, it's never been a constant rise to greater enlightenment. But if one allows doubt to dominate one's thoughts, overriding one's trust in the unseen, then apostasy isn't far off.
I may be merely justifying my own questioning mind, but I have difficulty seeing things in absolutely certain terms, as though I know the mind of God.
I've long considered doubt to be an ongoing condition of faith—one that ebbs and flows in strength or weakness. For me, at least, it's never been a constant rise to greater enlightenment. But if one allows doubt to dominate one's thoughts, overriding one's trust in the unseen, then apostasy isn't far off.
ReplyDeleteI may be merely justifying my own questioning mind, but I have difficulty seeing things in absolutely certain terms, as though I know the mind of God.
That's why I like John Henry Newman's definition of faith; "Faith means being capable of bearing doubt."
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