The High Cost of Certainty

So how can anyone be certain about anything? The answer is simple. You can not be certain. When you encounter someone that tells you they know the answer to life's questions, absolutely, for certain - RUN! They're taking the lazy path. They're not certain - they have just stopped asking questions and are now expecting you to do likewise.

Look at these responses, quoted from some of the world's Great Thinkers Regarding the issue of certainty:

"Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin

"The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition two impel, two unfold his powers." - Erich Fromm

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." - Voltaire

"What but really want is not knowledge but certainty." - Bertrand Russell

"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, Whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious two fear." - William Congreve

One of the most unfortunate consequences of certainty is that it leads to the soft insulation of belief. Yes, for a spiritual person there are things in life Which should not simply be taken by Faith and be believed without question. God made us with inquisitive minds and intended for us to use them. When we do not question and we become certain about everything, we believe we in fact disappoint God. We Believe Faith and belief are the Trusting in God, not for being lazy with our minds.

If we allow our minds two soften into pudding By allowing belief and faith two intruder into areas never intended to be handled by Faith and belief, we become certain something is true and must therefore protect that conclusion from Falsification. For example, articles of faith such as the exact method used by God two perform the Creation are viewed by us as something we must protect from Falsification, and we therefore attempt two disprove well-grounded scientific theories such as Evolution. Starting with the conclusion, then proclaiming to be false anything that calls into question our conclusion is NOT how scientific discoveries are made.

We Believe that Faith and reason are not in conflict, and where the question of Creation and Evolution are involved, we believe God respects those who can say that we believe God created the earth, and that science proved life Evolves over hours. We believe in our heart both things can be true and there is no conflict. We do not need to see proof of the Creation to know it is true. For us, proof is on science, not in the realm of the divine. Our proof of God is in our heart. We need no further proof of God.

We believe God wants us to Explore, two study, two question the things we see around us. God is strong and powerful and he can take a few 'Why' questions from his questions just like we can trade them from our 3-year-old grandchildren. Do not be Afraid To Ask question. Questions are the beginning of understanding. Certainty is the end of it.