faith and doubt

this is one of the best thoughts on the subject that i have ever heard or read...what do you guys think?

"Creating a culture where questions and doubts can find voice is not only healthy, it's thoroughly biblical. In the Bible, you do find those who had absolute certainty. But those who never doubted, struggled, or wrestled with what it meant to do the will of God were not the heroes of faith...they were the Pharisees who crucified Jesus."

"The religious leaders' certainty of what was true and right gave them confidence to crucify the Son of God. Stop and consider that for a second. Do we think we are 'above' being deceived by our religious cultural conditioning? Do we feel pretty confident we have faith all figured out? Has our theology boxed out the mystery of God who sometimes works in strange ways? Maybe we should ponder the plight of the Pharisees who crucified Jesus. How about the apostle Peter? In his confident declaration of what he 'knew' was right, Peter had to be rebuked by Jesus saying, 'Get away from me, Satan!'

"Questions, doubts, and struggles are not the antithesis of faith. The opposite of faith is decision to not trust God. The man who cried out to Jesus, 'I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief' (Mark 9:24) did not demonstrate faith with zero doubts but a willfull desision to trust in God even in the midst of questions and doubts."

-- John Burke, 'No Perfect People Allowed'