Continuing Thursday’s good start on reasons to doubt, we’ll offer up two more good reasons. On Thursday, we introduced the first two reasons. One, that it sets us upon an unpredictable journey, and two, that it means we always have more to learn. The third thing doubt does is promote dialogue. If you can find […]
When Belief Becomes Unbelief
From John Updike’s In the Beauty of the Lilies, in which Reverend Clarence Wilmont confesses his loss of faith to his wife Stella. Although Clarence is a fictional character, he has many real-life counterparts. Read the illuminating “Preachers Who Are Not Believers” in the March 2010 issue of Evolutionary Psychology. [Post image: Up on the pulpit by madmaven […]
Faith and Doubt
So. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the role of doubt in faith lately, namely because I have a talk to give on June 23rd at the Wild Goose Festival in NC. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve lived with doubt for a long time now (well, ever since I wrote Eve). It’s a […]