Embracing paradox -- in other words, admitting the truth of our limits -- is not good enough for many people, though, especially for pastors, religious leaders, and/or the New Atheists earning a living by selling certainty. They feed a public who crave lifetime warranties. Churches, seminaries, (Richard) Dawkins's website, and other bastions of fundamentalism will not keep the pay checks coming if you stand up and say "I could be, and, given the odds, probably am, wrong," let alone "I can only know what I don't know!"
Patience With God, p. 152-153
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