well, Guest,(lordy, I wish people would use an identity, registered or not!) you have moved the discussion by gradually changing the referent of the terminology! "doubt" & "faith" are not being used the same way in your last couple of posts as they were earlier. You have moved it from a question of religious/moral scepticism to one about something like 'self-confidence', and that is a totally different issue.

I can easily agree with you that a creative person needs to have confidence, but that is not what this started to be about. I think I'll retire to the Old Pedants Room and polish my soapbox.....