What an interesting and important corrective to the blind faith and ignorance that passes for open-mindedness! I do think that one must have been loved to be able to love. Babies die or sicken when they are deprived of basic, loving care. However, some experiences cannot be had until one takes that leap of faith into the unknown. One must have a degree of hope to run any experiment, including those in the spiritual realm. The doubt may remain while the experiment is running. The purpose of the experiment is to test those doubts, possibly eliminating them.
Isabel
Doubt is the growing edge of faith, or truth. It means you’re taking the time to examine things.
Tom
Tom – Interesting. I’d never heard it called “the growing edge” before.
What an interesting and important corrective to the blind faith and ignorance that passes for open-mindedness! I do think that one must have been loved to be able to love. Babies die or sicken when they are deprived of basic, loving care. However, some experiences cannot be had until one takes that leap of faith into the unknown. One must have a degree of hope to run any experiment, including those in the spiritual realm. The doubt may remain while the experiment is running. The purpose of the experiment is to test those doubts, possibly eliminating them.
Laurna – “Some things need to be believed to be seen.” Like that, perhaps?