Doubt

Tonight, whilst driving home, I was listening to the radio in my car.  I "hear" the radio in my car often but don't very often get a chance to "listen" to it.  Anyway, I was listening to a show called On Being with Krista Tippett.  I was paying attention to driving and so I'm not quite sure if I heard this right.  I thought I heard someone say, "There is freedom in doubt."

There is freedom in doubt. 

Think about it. 

Is there?  At first, I thought, yes!  Yes, there is freedom in doubt.  For a fleeting moment, it made crystal clear sense to me.  And then I doubted. 

What do you think?  Is there freedom in doubt?  

I think, that in doubt, there is room for learning.  And in learning, there may be freedom.  

Or maybe, the freedom of doubt is the freedom from being made to "believe" certain things and the freedom comes with the risk one takes to suspend belief. 

For me, this brings the question of doubt vs. belief.  Now what?

Is there room for doubt in your belief?  I know, that for me, there is often doubt in my belief.  

I'm tired.  And it's been a long day.  But I want to know, what do you think?  Leave me a comment, eh?  I won't harsh on you.  Let's have a conversation. 

hbk