In Defense of an Uncertain Faith

by Kyle R. Cupp

Over the course of my life, and exacerbated by my efforts at blogging, I’ve developed the bad habit of raising subversive questions in forums where I know I’ll get knee-jerk reactions and probably glares of disapproval. Were I any more sinister, I’d picture these intense frowning faces and grin like Montgomery Burns. My aim has usually not been subversive inquiry for its own sake—I wouldn’t want to be thrown in with the Sowers of Discord. No, my agenda—to use a sometimes insidious-sounding word—has almost always been to advance the course of thought, my own if no one else’s. Yes, occasionally I’ve wanted nothing more than to bang the drums of controversy, but I’ve only given in to this desire when it’s been sunny. Most of the time, I dabble in a little subversive reasoning because it can serve the pursuit of truth by keeping the mind in motion, open to treading, discovering, and making new routes, and always just a little bit dissatisfied with the established modes of thought and the established canon of accepted truths.
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