Is it okay to have doubts?
Channel: Upbeat Youth
Date: 2018-10-11

Everyone has doubts. But is it okay to have doubts?

1. What is doubt?
a. Doubt is not unbelief. Unbelief is the refusal to believe. Doubt is the uncertainty one feels while believing.
b. Doubt is a component of belief. Belief is the decision to act based on reasonable certainty, not absolute certainty.
2. Is it okay to have doubts? The answer is Yes because of four reasons:
a. We have to decide. There are three kinds of decisions in life: 1) Be a skeptic – not sure of anything; 2) Cynic – everything is unsure; 3) Believer – I believe in something or Someone (the latter is better).
b. We can decide. We do this all the time. Illus. Falling in love, Getting married, etc.
c. We always decide. Everyone has three kinds of beliefs: 1) Public beliefs – beliefs we claim publicly without believing personally, 2) Private beliefs – beliefs we claim to believe personally but not live out publicly, and 3) Real beliefs – beliefs we act out publicly whether we claim it publicly or privately.
d. Our decision matters. Our lives can either be meaningful or meaningless.