Terry

“When you are confronted by evidence that the faith in which you were brought up no longer provides an adequate explanation for the nature, meaning and purpose of your life, you have three choices. You can refuse to accept the evidence and continue as before. You can abandon the faith you grew up with, because it has proved to be inadequate. Or, third, you can accept the new knowledge and use it to develop a more mature understanding of what lies at the core of your beliefs. The first response is intellectually dishonest. The second is intellectual laziness. The third is a stance of critical acceptance, leading to a reinterpretation of core concepts. . . . It requires courage and a plethora of other virtues that have been gathering dust in your spirit. Every advance in understanding invites us into a deeper faith. (Feehan 2012, 148, emphasis added) ❄”
― Diarmuid O'Murchu, When the Disciple Comes of Age: Christian Identity in the Twenty-first Century