Conservative Pastor Writes That Open-Mindedness and Inquiry Are Enemies of Faith [View all]

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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/02/18/tell-me-something-i-dont-know-conservative-pastor-writes-that-open-mindedness-and-inquiry-are-enemies-of-faith/

"The first time I chuckled out loud over something Pastor Daniel K. Norris wrote was a couple of weeks ago, when he reminded parents not to brag about their children, only to divulge in the same piece that his daughter is “absolutely gorgeous” and that “I’m raising a Saint!”

Modesty. Norris will no doubt tell you it’s one of his greatest virtues.

Now he’s found my funny bone again, this time by chastising pastors, like those in the Clergy Project, who’ve begun to doubt their faith. He faults them for … not keeping a closed mind.

I was waiting for some kind of twist on that eye-popping statement, some clever reveal, but Norris appears to mean it in all earnestness. Keeping your mind closed, he says, is the only valid, lasting path to Jesus.

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