Summarizing. Doubt is a necessary and healthy part of faith. Doubt is necessary because faith is necessary. Faith is necessary because we are finite and no knowledge or logic is, in itself, compelling. At some point in time we have to bridge the gap from "reasonable" to either belief or disbelief (at least in some …
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Belief versus Doubt versus Disbelief I
People always like to contrast Faith and Doubt. I think that this is in error. I believe (and I am not alone in this assessment) that faith is empowered by doubt. Doubt is simply honesty... and honesty is not bad. We are limited in knowledge (we don't know everything). We are limited in time and …