Doubt is the middle ground between blind acceptance and total refusal to believe. Doubt lends itself to a certain uncomfortable feeling of questioning, but it is a necessary tool for achieving perceived truth and knowledge. Without a doubt, he would believe whatever he was told; it is a natural filter for the information that is imposed on us. Doubt is in some ways the opposite of faith. Faith involves an acceptance so powerful that no evidence is needed to support one's claims. Lack of evidence does not bother the faithful, but will torment the doubter like an insatiable itch. But the specter of doubt looms over the doubter, demanding that questions be asked about whatever “facts” have been presented. The doubter will use the four ways of knowing – emotion, reason, language, and sensory perception – to answer questions and become a knower. Doubt is particularly necessary in two areas of knowledge: history and the human sciences. When studying history, you must doubt stories presented as fact and consider possible distortions created by prejudice or the passage of time. Without a doubt, the field of human science would never move beyond current understanding, leaving mankind stranded in an era of primitive cures and technologies. The accuracy of history is weakened by time, perception and memory. The Bible, for example, is particularly prone to such weaknesses. Millions of people accept it as fact despite its many errors. The events narrated in the Bible are considered part of history. Yet such events were written many years after they actually occurred. For example, Jesus is thought to have died in 33 AD This date is considered probable as his death must have occurred before Pontius Pilate left his position in 36 AD..... middle of paper ......iam . “The Gospel according to Luke”. The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1971. 672-706. Print.Bawer, Bruce. "What is truth?" Rev. of Pontius Pilate, by Ann Wroe. Reviews by Bruce Bawer Fall 2001. Web. January 1, 2011. .Leo, Johnathan. "The 50% concordance rate error for schizophrenia in identical twins." Rev. of The Gene Illusion, by Jay Joseph. Review of human nature. Np, nd Web. November 29, 2010. .Pentecost, J. Dwight. The Word and Works of Jesus Christ: A Study of the Life of Christ. GrandRapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2000. Amazon.com. Network. January 1, 2011..Ryrie's Study Bible. Chicago: Moody, 1976. Print. New American Standard Translation.