tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post7924190203911734979..comments2023-10-22T06:42:51.797-04:00Comments on Students of Jesus: The Limits of DoubtRay Hollenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08035600094853593399noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-64825797753947292022011-07-05T21:18:34.216-04:002011-07-05T21:18:34.216-04:00"Doubt is all the rage. Articulate and earnes..."Doubt is all the rage. Articulate and earnest Christians are shedding the fashions of their predecessors by posting their doubts online and in print."<br><br>I've noticed this trend online, but yet these same doubts are difficult and often shameful to express in real life, particularly in churches. Perhaps Christians have no outlet but to resort to blogging?!?Like a Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15991265512226039592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-48224676042381747642010-10-08T21:54:41.116-04:002010-10-08T21:54:41.116-04:00Excellent post!
As one who has struggled with ser...Excellent post!<br /><br />As one who has struggled with serious doubts about the Christian faith and my personal beliefs over the past several years, I think it is nearly impossible for faith to develop and mature without being subjected to doubt. Throughout the turmoil of not knowing what or why I believe, I have found myself extremely isolated. Honestly questioning your presuppositions is neither easy nor popular. But I think it is an important and necessary process on the journey towards spiritual maturity and understanding.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392430849646079374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-30078068209122746512010-10-08T09:01:12.692-04:002010-10-08T09:01:12.692-04:00I'm personally not quite sure WHAT my doubts h...I'm personally not quite sure WHAT my doubts have done to me. I'm not even sure what my doubts are. Yet I fight to hold on to faith. Is it cool to doubt? Perhaps. But it's been acceptable to lie about it, in church, for years. We're taught to "speak the truth" when we really don't know if we even believe it or not, and that feels really dishonest when we boil it down to hard facts. So, perhaps, it's not DOUBT that is becoming "cool", but honesty.Bernard Shufordhttp://karnardkreations.com/bernardshuford/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-37331266958889989502010-10-07T09:44:47.079-04:002010-10-07T09:44:47.079-04:00Ray: Love this post, and have linked it and discus...Ray: Love this post, and have linked it and discussed your points today from my blog.<br /><br />http://blog.beliefnet.com/omeoflittlefaith/2010/10/trendy-doubt.html<br /><br />Thanks for contributing to the conversation!Jason Boyetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03147149363718659049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-71214700436737203812010-10-07T08:58:43.533-04:002010-10-07T08:58:43.533-04:00This is a helpful post. I just realized that it se...This is a helpful post. I just realized that it seems my faith has grown stronger since I began to acknowledge that my doubts don't make me a bad Christian.Aydanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571646997553190627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-62541172481324000222010-10-06T23:11:34.402-04:002010-10-06T23:11:34.402-04:00"Doubt is all the rage. Articulate and earnes..."Doubt is all the rage. Articulate and earnest Christians are shedding the fashions of their predecessors by posting their doubts online and in print."<br /><br />I've noticed this trend online, but yet these same doubts are difficult and often shameful to express in real life, particularly in churches. Perhaps Christians have no outlet but to resort to blogging?!?Like a Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991265512226039592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-74749056021868037362010-10-01T17:50:41.553-04:002010-10-01T17:50:41.553-04:00Excellent, excellent!Excellent, excellent!Sarah Besseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217683418314819836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-161591501245701172010-10-01T09:34:47.376-04:002010-10-01T09:34:47.376-04:00"Honest trumps mindless conformity"... c..."Honest trumps mindless conformity"... could not have said it better.Kelly's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670823346986342594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-43287557053400650062010-09-30T19:12:11.825-04:002010-09-30T19:12:11.825-04:00Fantastic post Ray. I've been concerned about ...Fantastic post Ray. I've been concerned about the doubt wallowing that can happen out there. "Messy" is another word that we can use too often, forgetting that just as doubts can sometimes be resolved, our messes can be cleaned up. Your six points are fantastic. I'd love to see this series expanded upon in an ebook or something like that. This is timely and on the mark.ed cyzewskihttp://www.inamirrordimly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693617853908508572.post-57294420930704632172010-09-30T11:07:58.217-04:002010-09-30T11:07:58.217-04:00i think this may be one of my favorite posts yet. ...i think this may be one of my favorite posts yet. it's true that among some groups doubt may be the creed that binds and, in an odd way, also the creed that excludes.<br /><br />i think this post strikes well the fine line of learning to believe with integrity. while, as this post points out, healthy people doubt, unhealthy people do too. to me, doubt is a healthy symptom that lets me know i have a curable disease. it is similar to the gazing-through-a-dim-window metaphor of st. paul, which, while part of our reality, it is far short of our destiny.<br /><br />i guess it's easy sometimes to mistake doubt for humility. humble folks are very transparent about their limits, but they don't park and build their lives on that landscape. as you point out, it may be part of the sojourn, but it's not the destination.<br /><br />great post Ray, this is a very timely word, especially for the 20 & 30 somethings where uncertainty can be a rite of passage.Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979211808686975055noreply@blogger.com