If we are doubters ...we doubt.

Some folks feel it is wise to err on the side of caution ...so, they feel a bit of doubt is similar to being cautious.

And to be cautious may mean to not readily accept what others have told us.  After all, what we have heard, or what we may have believed in the past ...may not be true.

But, many of us do believe what we hear ...and it may benefit certain groups of people if we hear it.  To be knowledgeable, or the first to report something often brings a certain level of esteem with it.  And if we are one of the first to hear of it we can be one of the first to report it to others ...and we have the edge on being able to tell others what they may not know.  This works quite effectively ...and the social media proves this all the time.

Yes, doubt can spread like an infectious disease ...reaching epidemic proportions.  But, to blindly accept something will not bring a cure to the doubt.  It will merely self-medicate the perceived problem ...often relocating the doubt, believing in what is not true while doubting the truth.

And we further complicate the problem by believing that the concept of 'faith' is removing all doubt, with little consideration of whether we are removing a falsehood or the truth.  We merely view faith as believing what we believe.

Let me reason out the problem by giving an example of a person sitting in a car during a rainstorm:

The person prays in God's Name that the rain will stop, so they won't get wet ...perhaps even claiming in faith that God will in fact make the rain stop as a result of their faith and prayer.

The rain doesn't stop.

The person then reasons that God likes the number 7 ...so, the person prays 7 times, a short prayer repeated in succession 7 times to call out their claim to faith.

The rain doesn't stop.

The person reasons that it must be that they did not demonstrate active faith by continuing to sit in the car ...so, they put their faith in motion by opening the car door and stepping out of the car.

As they stand just inside the doorway of their parent's home, dripping on a recently waxed floor, when confronted, they answer, "I'm not wet!"

Yes, this last step is denial ...and though we seldom see it to that extreme, it does often bring about absurd reasoning.