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Register-Guard Liberation of doubt Many people view doubt as a liberation rather than as the abyss Michael Gerson does (Register-Guard, Dec 9). Doubt frees us to question and discover the world as it is rather than as viewed through the filter of faith and dogma. Such questioning has allowed science to reduce disease and poverty. There is no need for a “transcendent moral order” to understand good and evil or for nonreligious organizations, like Doctors Without Borders and those featured in The R-G, to help others. Organizations like Innovations for Poverty Action provide hope through science-based studies. Understanding that purpose derives from love, friends, family, helping others and protecting the environment requires no “revolt.” The acceptance of a “meaningless universe” gives extra meaning and importance to those things around us in the here and now. ....