Doubt has often been portrayed as a negative action or factor in life. Yet it is a virtue that needs to be learned by all. Without doubt, we become complacent and without doubt, there can be no progress. For a start, those who doubt their faith, cannot summon the courage to kill or maim for it. Yes, we think certainty is a good thing, but we only do so because we cant imagine life without it. We so desperately want to be sure, that we are willing to hold on to that which we have become convinced about at any cost. When I welcomed my doubts rather than fight them, I became truly free. Many are in bondage to their need for certainty and prisoners to their inability to let go of their convictions, because they fear the supposed confusion and hopelessness it will bring. The verbal and other attacks many people launch on individuals who rattle their faith is borne out of desperation; that fear that they could be wrong and fall into uncertainty, and this fear leads to desperation, and the desperation leads to opposition and violence. The truth is that many are not interested in examining what they believe, because they fear the loss of certainty. In this regard, the security and comfort that comes with the certainty of their beliefs have become more important than the validity and accuracy of those beliefs.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 08:36:28 +0000
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