{"id":1699,"date":"2010-01-27T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/01\/shadows-of-doubts\/"},"modified":"2010-01-27T12:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T12:23:00","slug":"shadows-of-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/01\/shadows-of-doubts.html","title":{"rendered":"Shadows of Doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The title of this post comes from Naked Pastor\u2019s illustration posted today<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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One can obviously proof-text for views like those expressed by Pat Robertson about Haiti. But Father Matthew offers a well-rounded response that is more profoundly Christian and Biblical:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TLBxKPjDwEM<\/a>
This is relevant to faith and doubt, because for some, accepting complexity and being critical\u00a0as Father Matthew does\u00a0would make faith impossible for them, while for others, it is a faith like Pat Robertson\u2019s that makes it impossible for them to have faith.<\/p>\n

Perhaps also relevant, an article in New Scientist<\/i><\/a> explores how religions might react to the discovery of intelligent extraterrestrial life.<\/p>\n

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