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    I do believe, help my unbelief

    This reading has always meant a lot to me:

    USCCB – (NAB) – February 20, 2006

    Jesus said to him,
    “‘If you can!’ Everything is possible to one who has faith.”
    Then the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe, help my unbelief!”
    Jesus, on seeing a crowd rapidly gathering,
    rebuked the unclean spirit and said to it,
    “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you:
    come out of him and never enter him again!”

    From the description it sounds like the boy Jesus healed had epilepsy. The bit that always get’s me is the father struggling with his doubts.

    In the discernment process, one of the criteria that will be examined is ‘Vague beliefs’ or similar wording. For me, doubt has been an important driving force of my faith. Since my teenage years, I’ve struggled with doubt about God. But without this doubt, I would not have grown, never have questioned, I wouldn’t be who I am today.

    On compass a few weeks back (Children of Abraham ), a Jewish Rabbai living in Hebron was asked about what he thought drove fundamentalism – his reply was that people are insecure in their faith – they want a rigid set of rules that apply to everyone the same way so that they will not feel challenged by what they can’t understand.

    My journey of doubt has often led me to despair that I have lost my faith in God but sometimes that is the most refreshing thing that can happen to me. Admitting that I don’t believe something is like a release – a burden of avoiding certain thoughts is lifted. Then there is a sense of discovery and growth as I try to piece things back together.

    Related Posts:  »Pentecostalism and Me »Enter the atheists

    Posted: February 20th, 2006 under Bible Bashing, Big Questions.
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