Elif Shafak. Eve's Three Daughters (№ 406456)

"I guess I'll limit myself to lying a well-known quote," the atheist professor said. - Religion is a fairy tale for those who are afraid of the dark.
"In that case, atheism is a fairy tale for those who are afraid of light," retorted the religious professor, who spoke with a soft Irish accent.
All eyes were on Professor Azur.
"I confess that I love fairy tales very much," he began, and mischievous lights flashed in his eyes. - In fairy tales, the hero is often asked to choose one path out of three. In my opinion, my esteemed colleagues made the wrong choice. One of them denies the possibility of faith, the other - the possibility of doubt. Both refuse to understand that a person equally needs both faith and doubt. Uncertainty, my friends, is a great good. We must not give it up. And I choose the third way, the path of uncertainty.