[March 2000 journal entry]
Reflections on ‘faith’ and ‘doubt’ after hearing a sermon based on the Mark 9:14-29 text by the senior pastor for a Presbyterian USA congregation --
Reflections on ‘faith’ and ‘doubt’ after hearing a sermon based on the Mark 9:14-29 text by the senior pastor for a Presbyterian USA congregation --
- ‘Religious’ options move across a spectrum – from ‘faith’ vs. ‘doubt’ with no place for critical thinking to inquiry permitted/expected in order to confirm predetermined and unconditionally accepted views to inquiry permitted to test/cleanse pre-established views.
- For the ‘non-religious’ approach I am discovering, ‘doubt’ centers and shapes what I trust.
- I do not accept the Mark 9:14-29 story’s ‘religious’ way and am not seeking help in overcoming ‘unbelief’ in this ‘religious’ or T/O paradigm sense.