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Re: Faith, doubt and certainty
- To: PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: Faith, doubt and certainty
- From: Sandwichman <lumpoflabor@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:03:06 -0700
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ravi, I like the way the woman formulated it best.
Faith is primary and is affective, not cognitive. Doubt is something
that actually strengthens true faith by lending it a cognitive
content. So doubt is a constituent of faith. Faith and doubt are in
dialogue with each other.
Certainty is hermetically sealed. In repudiating doubt, it discloses
the essential faithlessness of a "faith" that is so fragile that it
cannot entertain doubt. It is monotonic. Its cognitive dimension
consists of a rationalization of its fearful retreat from engagement
with an other.
On 4/12/07, ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"the opposite of faith is not doubt, its certainty".
The opposite of doubt is not faith, it is certainty.
--
Sandwichman
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