God Among the Doubts
THE ROOM FULL OF MINISTERS hushed when I asked, "Is there anyone here who has never once doubted the reality and truth of Christianity?" One minister raised his hand. "Do you mean to tell me that you have never once," I pressed, "in all of your life had at least one small doubt that Christianity might not be true?" "That's right," he replied. "I have never had a single doubt—not one." I thought to myself that he was either a dullard or a liar but thought better of enunciating my thoughts. I gave some innocuous response and continued leading the prayer time. Later, as I reflected on his remark, I considered that a third option probably existed. Perhaps it was possible for someone to have such simple, childlike faith that doubts never occurred. I would not know. I am not one of those persons. My wife, Julie, might be one. "Why do you ask so many questions?" she often asks. "Why can't you just accept the Bible at face value and believe it?" "It is not that simple," I reply. Once upon a time it was. I became a Christian with childlike faith at the age of seven. Nary a doubt entered my mind. Questions regarding the validity of Christianity arose during my senior year in high school when a friend gave me a Roman Catholic Douay Version of the Bible. No other version, except the venerated and difficult-to-understand King James, had ever graced my fingertips. I now held in my hands the first easy-to-read English version I had seen. I decided to read it straight through before I graduated in May. My struggles commenced with the opening chapters of Genesis. I suppose I had never before read Genesis carefully in the King James Version. My quandary began that night in bed when I realized God had not created the sun until day four. It bothered ...
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