Orson Scott Card Quote

I've done my best, but the boy is unteachable. He doubts everything, and contests each point of theology as if it were required to meet the same tests of logic and consistency that prevail in the world of science.
In other words, he expects your doctrines to make sense.
He is unwilling to accept the idea that some things remain mysteries, comprehensible only to the mind of God. Ambiguity makes him saucy, and paradox causes open rebellion.
An obnoxious child.


Chapter 13. - The Tales of Alvin Maker - Seventh Son (1987)


I've done my best, but the boy is unteachable. He doubts everything, and contests each point of theology as if it were required to meet the same...

I've done my best, but the boy is unteachable. He doubts everything, and contests each point of theology as if it were required to meet the same...

I've done my best, but the boy is unteachable. He doubts everything, and contests each point of theology as if it were required to meet the same...

I've done my best, but the boy is unteachable. He doubts everything, and contests each point of theology as if it were required to meet the same...