From The Christian Century:
In Judaism, according to Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of Britain and the Commonwealth, "to be without questions is not a sign of faith, but of lack of death." Jews are encouraged not only to ask questions about the meaning of the faith, but to question God. We ask questions, says Sacks, "not because we doubt, but because we believe." There are, however, three conditions for asking questions rightly: a genuine desire to learn; a readiness to accept the limits of one's understanding; and the realization that, when it comes to Torah [the law], one learns by living and doing. "There is no way of understanding Shabbat without keeping Shabbat."
Subsitute "discipleship" for "Torah" and you have a very good statement on how United Methodists approach questions about their faith. It reminds me of the poster in room 102. Over a picture of Jesus are the words: "He came to take away your sins, not your mind."
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