For the thoughtful believer, there is nothing more certain than the reality of uncertainty, nothing more natural than doubt, which is perhaps thirty seconds younger than faith itself.
Light can neither emanate from, nor enter into, a closed mind. And so, for all its limitations, reason--the weighing of evidence, the assessment of likelihood, the capacity to shift ones opinions in light of thought and of experience--remains essential. Without reason, we cannot appreciate complexity; without appreciating complexity, we cannot rightly appreciate the majesty and mystery of God; and without rightly appreciating the majesty and mystery of God, we foreclose the possibility of the miraculous and the redemptive.
Jon Meacham, The Hope of Glory
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