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When teaching religious certainty while experiencing personal doubt

I teach Sunday school and last week I told the kids that God loves everyone and realized I'm not sure I believe God exists at all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The responsibility to transmit faith to others can intensify personal theological crisis when doubt undermines pedagogical authority.

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“Where Are You with The examined faith — living deliberately within a tradition?”

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