![]() What Lewis is trying to say here is that faith – sticking to a belief against internal opposition – is a necessary attribute for the Christian, atheist, and member of any other faith system. However, in previous generations, if you gave way to doubt and relinquished your faith you would have frequently been labeled a weak, faith-weathered soul. So in our generation if you hold to faith in the midst of doubt you are frequently labeled a closed-minded hypocrite. It just happens that we live in an era of history that values doubt over faith. Any honest question in a difficult situation will at times bring doubt. When something impacts your entire life and life is hard, you ask questions. Is this not true of most every life-shaping decision? Career. I couldn’t imagine anyone of any faith, non-faith, or mixed-faith background who did not occasionally, if not regularly, wonder if they had it all wrong. Too often we pose the question of faith in spite of doubt as if it were only a Christian dilemma. “Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods… That is why Faith is such a necessary virtue: unless you teach your moods ‘where they get off’, you can never be either a sound Christian or even a sound atheist (p. A Counselor Reflects on Mere Christianity by C.S. ![]()
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