Reasonable doubt leads to a fuller faith

Reasonable doubt leads to a fuller faith

Reasonable doubt is a natural and healthy part of any faith journey. When we question elements of our beliefs that don’t make sense to us yet, it pushes us to deepen our understanding and form a more nuanced perspective. While an untested faith may be rigid and brittle, reasonable doubt strengthens faith like carbon under pressure forming a diamond.

Approaching faith with humility, we must acknowledge we don’t have perfect knowledge. As we wrestle with doubts, we force ourselves to articulate what we believe and why. We gain confidence that our beliefs are grounded in something substantial, not just inherited traditions. Reasonable doubt leads us to rely more on spiritual discernment than formulas. We learn to integrate new information and let go of faulty assumptions.

The process of working through doubts expands our worldview and helps us form a fuller faith, refined and strengthened by questioning what once seemed unquestionable.

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Matthew 14:22-36. “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

[DAILY GOSPEL INSIGHTS AND REFLECTION FOR MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION 2023-220: AUGUST 8, 2023]