THE HALLWAY OF SKEPTICISM

Honest skepticism (and I really do mean the honest kind) asks us to leave the room of our faith commitments and stand in the hallway of non-commitment to question the validity of certain truth-claims. It asks us to view all rooms with equal objectivity and from a single vantage point. Such skepticism is to be encouraged and welcomed. However the fact of the matter is that we often find it near impossible to play in the hallways of non-commitment. As such, if we were to examine our doubt honestly enough, we would soon discover that our ability to doubt with such conviction comes from the fact that we have imperceptibly crept backwards out of the hallway and into a room. It is, in fact, very difficult to critique the confidence of one faith committment without making the mistake of standing just as confidently on another.