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The roles of doubt in religious faith

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Various faith groups hold a diversity of beliefs about doubt, either promoting it as a path towards truth, or opposing it as a conduit towards heresy

A case can be made that doubt may have a critical and positive role to play in the general culture and in the religious and spiritual maturity of individuals. However, it appears to pose significant mental and physical hazards to some believers.

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bulletIntroduction to the role of doubt in religion

bulletQuotes on religious doubt

bulletAn article on doubt and critical analysis in academia

bulletAn essay donated by Larry Langston: "No one really knows"

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Originally posted: 2006-DEC-26
Latest update: 2009-FEB-05
Author: B.A. Robinson

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