God Is a Question, Not an Answer
Any honest atheist must admit that he has his doubts, that occasionally he thinks he might be wrong, that there could be a God after all — if not the God of the Judeo-Christian tradition, then a God of some kind. Nathaniel Hawthorne said of Herman Melville, “He can neither believe, nor be comfortable in his unbelief; and he is too honest and courageous not to try to do one or the other.” Dwelling in a state of doubt, uncertainty and openness about the existence of God marks an honest approach to the question.
.. Anyone who does not occasionally worry that he may be a fraud almost certainly is.
.. People who claim certainty about God worry me, both those who believe and those who don’t believe.
.. Indeed, belief without doubt would not be required by an all-loving God, and it should not be worn as a badge of honor.