I have read several comments from Christians, including clergy within my denomination that either imply or explicitly state that certitude and the lack of questions is a virtue in Christianity. I get that impulse (especially when the world seems on fire), but certitude is not a virtue in scripture. Faith is the attitude in scripture and faith is the opposite of certitude because faith is centered in trust rather than certainty. Maybe the idea of certitude comes from misunderstanding the teaching of Jesus of becoming like a child.
The assumption is that children just believe or accept. The problem with that is I have never seen a child who does not ask questions about almost everything. Sure quick and pat answers are comforting for some, but that is not the way we learn. The Gospels are full of people leaving their encounters with Jesus with lots of questions - the disciples included. The Gospel of Mark is a Gospel in which the insiders continually walk away with questions because they struggle with the teachings.
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