When faith no longer frees people to ask hard questions, it becomes inhuman and dangerous. Unquestioning faith soon slips into ideology, superstition, fanaticism, self-indulgence, and idolatry. Faith seeks understanding passionately and relentlessly, or it languishes and eventually dies.
Daniel L. Migliore
Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology (2nd ed., 2004)
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