We can’t be certain, but it’s good to believe.

Send us Fan Mail In looking at the world, I cannot offer you empirical proof that good overcomes evil and that love overcomes hate. Nor can we be certain that the moral arc of the universe bends towards justice as MLK declared. Most of us are like Thomas. He wasn’t with the other disciples when the resurrected Jesus appeared. He was told. He wanted to believe. Nothing would have made him happier. But Thomas wanted certainty. We want certainty. Eventually, Thomas had his own ex...