July 28, 2004

doubt...

"I’ll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” then surely we are also permitted to doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."

Yann Martel, Life of Pi

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

moving on also requires that you have adequate self confidence and trust in yourself. and this quality takes time and experience to crystallise

Cash Johnny said...

Hey Lion Pimp!! Where's your post?! :P