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I think 'surrender' is a dangerous word, because to me it implies a surrender of reason, and I don't do that. I question my faith all the time, why I believe and why I should continue to believe. And remaining skeptical isn't right either, because while I still question, I've decided to set the skepticism aside and to believe.
At best, science doesn't contradict a faith life, it doesn't really say anything about it at all. And most modern Christians have no problem believing things like evolution, the big bang, etc. so that doesn't come into play either.
Yet, I think also that 'surrender' can be used, if at least to say that faith is a surrender to the possibility that something else is out there. And yes, you have to also realize that you cannot hold concrete proof that it is all true. It could all be smoke and mirrors, but I really do believe that there is a God and that He/She wants us to come to Him/Her willingly, not because we are forced to by proof.
So in that sense at least, I 'choose' to surrender to that possibility each day.
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