Question: What is the opposite of faith? Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself is a kind of belief. Doubt.
In Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses," the concept of faith is examined, leading to a thought-provoking distinction between faith and its opposite. While one might assume disbelief is the antithesis of faith, Rushdie argues that disbelief possesses a definitive and conclusive nature, making it a belief in its own right. Thus, it cannot truly be considered the opposite of faith.
Instead, the author identifies doubt as the true opposite of faith....