"Elders" Ryan McIlvain"

"Seth, there's nothing special about doubting.  Some of my colleagues at the office are devout atheists...they go on and on about the 'courage to question.'  But do you know what I think?  I think the real courage is in trying to believe.  Doubt comes easy for a lot of people.  It comes easy for people like you and me, Seth.  But do you know what doesn't come easy?  Faith.  Faithfulness.  Obedience.  Humility.  Self-denial.  Self-sacrifice.  There's your courage.  It's not easy to confirm your life to a worldview that makes demands, that is not morally relative...There's your courage."