tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post9134897107761521515..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Is doubt the opposite of faith?Weekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-49242781024583906032008-10-30T22:20:00.000-05:002008-10-30T22:20:00.000-05:00As far as I can tell, doubt is just a mild case of...As far as I can tell, doubt is just a mild case of unbelief. The Bible routinely treats them as opposed, as far as how that use of the words is considered. <BR/><BR/>It seems to me that doubt has the same relation to faith that fear has to hope: it corrodes it. It's kind of like saying that germs keep the body healthy because in response to the germs, the body boosts its immune system. Maybe they do, maybe they don't; depends on how healthy the body (or mind) was in the beginning. <BR/><BR/>I'm in favor of "vaccinating" young Christians against anti-Christian myths, btw. <BR/><BR/>Meantime, doubt isn't the same as the willingness to check the foundations of faith; it is necessary and healthy to check the foundations. But what keeps faith alive is not attack, but a return to the source. If it weren't for a return to the source of health, there's no guarantee that germs will be a healthy thing ... or that doubt will improve faith. <BR/><BR/>Take care & God bless<BR/>WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-57792946394046714592008-10-30T07:20:00.000-05:002008-10-30T07:20:00.000-05:00This brings to mind Buechner's definition of doubt...This brings to mind Buechner's definition of doubt. "The opposite of faith is not doubt, the opposite of faith is unbelief. Doubt is the ants in the pants of faith. It keeps it alive. It keeps it moving."Murfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03314388254356388318noreply@blogger.com