I doubt that...

It's my conviction that if you're English and serious about the reality implications of your faith, you are actually quite likely to jump in with the emerging vision of church. Over at EmergentNo, there's an interesting discussion brewing about doubt.
Who doesn't have doubts? I have a somewhat depressive personality, and I can often be tempted to doubt. I don't always resist that temptation well. One thing that I find quite difficult is reading through ec writings, because it really feeds into that melancholic, unsure part of me.
The other thing is, I'm English. English people are terribly sorry, we really can be quite apologetic. We don't mean to be, and we hate to be really firm on something, but when pushed, we have to say that we're sorry. English people will apologize if you bump into them.
I've actually heard myself say,

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to apologize"

Much is made of British Stiff Upper Lip, but that really comes from the whole Empire thing (for which we're sorry) and the World Wars (sorry about the bombing in those). More recently, the Anglican wibblyness has really come to the fore.

Now, given that the ec takes an approach that eschews certainty, the English temperament is ideally suited to it. It seems the absolute worst thing that you can do is to be certain. I say absolute, but I wouldn't want to exclude the possibility there might be worse things..

Doug Wilson nailed this down a few months ago by pointing out that the ec seems to equate uncertainty with humility, and certainty with pride. It ain't neccessarily so.
Actually, when I've been uncertain and plagued with doubt, it's usually been because things don't appear to be the way I pridefully think they should be.
When I yield my will to what is clearly revealed in Scripture, and hold firm to that, it's actually my least proud moment. Largely because, like my salvation itself, it doesn't come from anything intrinsic to me. That's a right thumper for the pride.
Uncertainty and vacillation are not virtues. Picture Peter on Pentecost. He preaches and the crowd cries "What must we do to be saved?!" Peter pauses, looks sincere and says,

"Well, who am I to say?"

There's a common twisting of the scripture about Jesus saying 'No-one comes to the Father but by me' which makes it say almost exactly the opposite of what it definitely means. (Now I know just how English I am, because I winced as I wrote 'definitely').
It's very important to be welcoming, loving and embracing. It's almost entirely pointless if you leave those you embrace with the impression that Jesus is a chilled out kind of guy who won't ask hard things of them.
I forget how many times I've heard preaching on Laodicea in Revelation. And I indeed hear it in ec circles as much as anywhere. It's generally used to encourage passionate commitment, which is all well and good.
But it speaks just as strongly against doubt and vacillation. It reminds me of the Karate Kid.
On one side of the road, safe. On the other side of the road, safe.
In the middle of the road, squish.

Doubt is a sin.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Rev 21:8

Like any other sin, it should not condemn us when we are in Christ. But we should treat it as we would any other sin we need to battle against.
Yes, acknowledge that we all struggle with this sin, as others. But like those other sins, it's not ok. Stand firm, and help your brothers and sister to do the same. Doubt can be overcome.
I'm sure of that. Sorry.