Tomorrow I'm participating in a "conversational sermon" with a friend at a local church community, so I'm making a couple of notes. Mostly I'm identifying some of the milestone-marker questions I've asked of my faith over the past few years.
I love questions. I love questions more than answers, which stands me in good stead with a faith that seems to be more about the questions than the answers. Have you ever noticed that generally Jesus really sucked at answering questions? Often, he would respond with a question, tell a story, or just change the subject. I like that trait in a Deity.
I think I'm a bit of an oddball though, in that most people don't like (unanswered) questions. Uncertainty - bad. Ambiguity - bad. Mystery - bad. Rock-solid, unwavering, inflexible certitude - good.
Then, in an unrelated post from Scott Adams I just came across a fantastic quote that I'll apply to this issue of questions:
Most people don’t want to risk having their mind changed.
Ain't it the truth.
UPDATE: This is remarkable. Tonight I finished reading Life of Pi, which is an incredible book. Read it. More to the point though, as I neared the end of the book, I came across this quote:
"I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality."
Uncanny.
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