Quote I Read Yesterday

On my day off I read. A lot.

Here's a thought provoker from early on in Tim Keller's book, "The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.".

"A faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe what they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a skeptic. A person's faith can collapse overnight if she has failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection."

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"I think these younger Christians are the vanguard of some major new religious, social and political arrangements that could make the older form of culture wars obsolete. After they wrestle with doubts and objections to Christianity many come out on the other side with an orthodox faith that doesn't fit the current categories of liberal Democrat or conservative Republican...The new fast-spreading multiethnic orthodox Christianity in the cities is much more concerned about the poor and social justice than Republicans have been, and at the same time much more concerned about upholding classic Christian moral and sexual ethics than the Democrats have been."

And...that's just the introduction, folks. Have at it, patrons.