skunkushybrid
New Member
This word came into my head today... and I started thinking of how mankind first came into contact with it. So, I dug out my dictionary... and its first definition is: A feeling of uncertainty; an undecided state of mind. Number 2, is an inclination to disbelieve. Number 3, an uncertain state of things. Number4, a lack of full proof or clear indication. The definition goes on to reflect the softening of the word, as our society has changed.
Why the need to clarify a word in such detail? As a writer of words I know that words very often go far beyond their initial meanings, and we can understand them on different levels. All we really need is the basic implication of a word in context with other words (sentence).
All we really need to be told is the first definition... a feeling of uncertainty. This is what doubt is. So, let's try and imagine how man first came into contact with doubt... and what he learned from it.
I believe that doubt didn't start out (like all IMPORTANT words) as a word. It would have started as a feeling. An incommunicable feeling in your gut that something just isn't right. At this period in mankinds history, this would have meant the difference between life and death.
Whenever you doubt something, do not hide it away in the pit of your stomach. Do not automatically think that this world is in such organisation that we are safe in our beds, or that the scientists know everything. When you doubt something, question it. As it could mean the difference between life and death.
I believe that if we vigorously search for the truth we will find it, and that we must make a stand for it. The time to make a stand for what we believe to be true would be now... maybe, before it's too late.
Why the need to clarify a word in such detail? As a writer of words I know that words very often go far beyond their initial meanings, and we can understand them on different levels. All we really need is the basic implication of a word in context with other words (sentence).
All we really need to be told is the first definition... a feeling of uncertainty. This is what doubt is. So, let's try and imagine how man first came into contact with doubt... and what he learned from it.
I believe that doubt didn't start out (like all IMPORTANT words) as a word. It would have started as a feeling. An incommunicable feeling in your gut that something just isn't right. At this period in mankinds history, this would have meant the difference between life and death.
Whenever you doubt something, do not hide it away in the pit of your stomach. Do not automatically think that this world is in such organisation that we are safe in our beds, or that the scientists know everything. When you doubt something, question it. As it could mean the difference between life and death.
I believe that if we vigorously search for the truth we will find it, and that we must make a stand for it. The time to make a stand for what we believe to be true would be now... maybe, before it's too late.