Mary Johnson, in an interview with Hemant Mehta<\/a><\/p>\nI think the above quote is insightful and incredibly important. It helps make sense of why some people move from Catholicism to atheism and others from atheism to Catholicism, to give one example relevant to the interview with Johnson. Anyone who examines their own worldview carefully will spot holes, and the desire to fill them may lead that person to embrace another worldview, because it fills the holes that are painfully empty \u2013 not realizing that that worldview leaves other holes just as painfully unfilled.<\/p>\n
Johnson\u2019s insight may be helpful for those who find it puzzling that some of us choose to live with mystery, and to inhabit this or that imperfect worldview while acknowledging its limitations. For many of us, this is because we know that no worldview will completely satisfy or solve all mysteries. And so we prefer to live within a worldview and accept its weaknesses honestly, and focus instead on trying to be better people, rather than keep switching camps and arguing about which is better.<\/p>\n
To paraphrase Micah 6:8<\/a>, \u201cWe have been shown, oh human beings, what is good. And what does any decent worldview require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your Mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n