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Today, a marvelous, truly wise, truly learned -- and truly childlike -- priest unlocked what has been for years a troubling mystery for me.<ref>"Today" was July 17. Post completed and published July 31, 2024.</ref> | Today, a marvelous, truly wise, truly learned -- and truly childlike -- priest unlocked what has been for years a troubling mystery for me.<ref>"Today" was July 17. Post completed and published July 31, 2024.</ref> | ||
== 'Childlike' definition == | |||
The dictionary<ref>I'm using child-like ([https://www.bing.com/search?q=childlike+definition&cvid=3437a7e432b8499fbaecd2dc713f47ac&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEAAYQDIGCAAQABhAMgYIARBFGDkyBggCEAAYQDIGCAMQABhAMgYIBBAAGEAyBggFEAAYQDIGCAYQRRg8MgYIBxBFGDwyBggIEEUYPNIBCDI3OTFqMGo0qAIIsAIB&FORM=ANAB01&PC=U531 Bing]) and [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childlike Childlike - Merriam-Webster] | |||
</ref> calls "childlike" | |||
(adj) | |||
# ''having qualities associated with a child'' | |||
# ''resembling a child, especially marked by innocence, trust and ingeniousness'' | |||
That last one ''ingeniousness'' is interesting (imaginative), but not helpful here. Better are the examples of its use given, paraphrased here as such as, <blockquote>''she replied so innocently, with a childlike expression'' | |||
''he opened the gifts with childlike glee'' | |||
''the play presented a childlike vision of a peaceful world'' | |||
''the witnesses' expression remained childlike, demonstrating no deception''</blockquote>And we may wish to distinguish between "childlike" and "childish," with the latter expressing the lesser qualities of a child, while the former is attached to notions of innocence and purity. | |||
None of these definitions or uses imply thought, reason and logic, so we are stuck with "like a child" or "childlike" as unthinking and credulous. | |||
== The "Two Wings": Faith and Reason == | == The "Two Wings": Faith and Reason == | ||
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Those characterizations do not work in the context of having a -- the Father. One simply doesn't approach one's father in ignorance, nor even without questioning -- every father and mother knows too well the words, "Why? Why? Why!" | Those characterizations do not work in the context of having a -- the Father. One simply doesn't approach one's father in ignorance, nor even without questioning -- every father and mother knows too well the words, "Why? Why? Why!" | ||