I think one of the reasons it can be
frustrating to be both an academic and a church man is that for an
academic, a question can be raised and he will spend 35 years pursuing an
answer. For a churchman, if a question is raised, it seems like it must
be answered and put to rest in 35 minutes. The heuristic passion which
is brought about by open questions and which drives academic inquiry is looked
upon with suspicion by churchmen. For the churchman, questions can be
corrosive to faith, or worse, idols themselves. For the academic
(understood charitably), they are the means to worship.
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