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1 " I would argue that healthy doubt (questioning one's beliefs) is perhaps the best defense against unhealthy doubt (questioning God). When we know how to make a distinction between our ideas about God and God himself, our faith remains safe when one of those ideas is seriously challenged. "
― Rachel Held Evans , Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
2 " Like investigation, healthy doubt arises from the urge to know what is true--it challenges assumptions or the status quo in service of healing and freedom. In contrast, unhealthy doubt arises from fear or aversion, and it questions one's own basic potential or worth, or the value of another. "
― Tara Brach , True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart