tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000642393175378494.post3306914527478917954..comments2023-09-15T04:44:05.493-07:00Comments on Crumbs at the Feast: When in DoubtNeil Ellis Ortshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12055904122133673244noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000642393175378494.post-50080048403710909962011-04-28T19:41:49.203-07:002011-04-28T19:41:49.203-07:00Tillich! (happy sigh) I love Tillich. Alas, someon...Tillich! (happy sigh) I love Tillich. Alas, someone borrowed a half dozen of his books from us years ago and we never got them back (sad sigh).<br /><br />"I don't believe in the magical faith, the superstitious faith." Me, either! In fact, I have a blog stewing on this subject, or some components of it. Name it and Claim it and all its myriad descendants, getting the correct phrase or lifestyle to get God to do your bidding, these are simply sorcery with a "Jesus" label slapped over it. At its very best, living the "right" lifestyle to get something from God is kissing cousin to works salvation-- which is practically blashpemy yet it's perhaps the most common doctrine in Christendom today.roadkills-r-ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029861300358380117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000642393175378494.post-60756904023623384542011-04-28T06:51:10.863-07:002011-04-28T06:51:10.863-07:00I'm not surprised you're the one to know a...I'm not surprised you're the one to know a source for that. :) <br /><br />I googled around a bit (after-the-fact, which was lazy of me) and I found a similar quote attributed to Buechner, but it's quite likely Buechner was quoting or at least influenced by Tillich. I suppose it's not that profound of a statement once you encounter it (and live it). I imagine more than one person has found that idea to resonate with their experience and repeated it in some way.Neil Ellis Ortshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055904122133673244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000642393175378494.post-14206007511149218402011-04-28T06:42:24.565-07:002011-04-28T06:42:24.565-07:00Thanks, Neil. I loved this piece and have a lot t...Thanks, Neil. I loved this piece and have a lot to say about it, as you can well imagine. But for now, I'll just offer a clarification about the attribution for "Doubt is not the opposite of faith, but a component of it."<br /><br />In 1957's Dynamics of Faith, Paul Tillich wrote "Doubt is not the opposite of faith. It is one element of it." This statement sums up the theme of the entire book.ajrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630694179829448150noreply@blogger.com