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Foreword to the play "Doubt" - by John Patrick Shanley </p>


[...] We are living in a culture of extreme advocacy, of confrontation, of judgement, and of verdict. [...] Why? Maybe it's
because deep down under the chatter we have come to a place where we know that we don't know... anything. But nobody's willing
to say that. </p>

[...]</p>

It is Doubt (so often experienced initially as weakness) that changes things. When a man feels unsteady, when he falters,
when hard-won knowledge evaporates before his eyes, he's on the verge of growth. The subtle or violent reconciliation of the
outer person and the inner core often seems at first like a mistake, like you've gone the wrong way and you're lost. But this is
just emotion longing for the familiar. Life happens when the tectonic power of your speechless soul breaks through the dead
habits of the mind. Doubt is nothing less than an opportunity to reenter the Present.</p>

[...]</p>

There is an uneasy time when belief has begun to slip, but hypocrisy has yet to take hold, when the consciousness is
disturbed but not yet altered. It is the most dangerous, important, and ongoing experience of life. The beginning of change is
the moment of Doubt. It is that crucial moment when I renew my humanity or become a lie.</p>

Doubt requires more courage than conviction does, and more energy; because conviction is a resting place and doubt is
infinite -- it is a passionate exercise. You may [be] uncertain. You may want to be sure. Look down on that feeling. We've got
to learn to live with a full measure of uncertainty. There is no last word. That's the silence under the chatter of our time.</p>

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From "Doctors" - Erich Segal </p>

"Listen. I really, really, really love you. I want to marry you. Don't you believe me?"</p>

"I want to believe you. But you said "really" too many times. Like you were trying to convince yourself, not me."</p>

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Two prayers by Howard Georgi </p>

"God of the Heavens and the Earth, of the astronomical and the subatomic, of the dead and the living, of science and history, of life and love, we give you thanks for the miraculous variety of your creation. We pray for the energy and time and patience and talent to learn more about the world you have made, and for the humility always to recognize how little we know."</p>

"Help us, God, to embrace the full complexity of your creation. Give us faith and doubt in such measure that we may grow to a true understanding of your world and help spread your divine uncertainty to all your people."