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Different Approaches to Doubt
Doubting Thomas“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” John 20:25Two ways of seeing Thomas’ doubts:1) As cynical, a type of unbelief.2) As genuine, faith seeking understanding.Thomas the Cynic- Thomas sometimes understood this way: closed to Christ, contemptuous of childish belief of others.- Relatable worldly-wise cynicism. Charles Taylor: in Modernity, we tell ourselves that we have grown out of childishness of “religious” past and “faith”.- Again, cynics may say faith is…
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