Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure.

Reinhold Niebuhr
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt....
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt....
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt....
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt....
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Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure. Frustrated by the lack of certainty in our lives, we latch onto what seems to be certain and make it happen. Often, however, this becomes dogmatic orthodoxy, which is not rooted in faith but in doubt. When the beliefs that we hold rigidly become dogma, then our certainty is no longer rooted in doubt, but only dogma.

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