"Pope Benedict said on Saturday that even the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“suffered from the silence of God” despite her immense charity and faith…It is
significant that the Pope mentioned Mother Teresa’s torment about God’s silence
as not being unusual because there was some speculation that the letters could
hurt the procedure to make her a saint.“All believers know about the silence of
God,” he said in unprepared remarks. “Even Mother Teresa, with all her charity
and force of faith, suffered from the silence of God,” he said.He said believers
sometimes had to withstand the silence of God in order to understand the
situation of people who do not believe."
I think that this is a very introspective and deep understanding of the nature of belief. How could you ever talk to someone who didn't believe what you believed if you never had your doubts. That might be why new converts are the least successful in talking about their faith. It also explains Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh, I think they have given up understanding and at the same time communicating with the other side.
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