I'm sorry I missed the discussion of this book. The few things I've seen in about it seemed to center on questioning the nature of God, or arguing Rodrigues' belief: ie, did he ever truly believe, had he lost his faith before he was tested, etc.
It seems to me that, yes he was questioning the nature of God which is rational vs the total dogma which he had been taught - but he was also questioning that dogma. His 'apostasy' was a result of the realization that God didn't require that of him (or care?), but more along the lines of Jesus' words ".. feed my lambs ..", realized that his duty was to humanity, God's children. From there the question would seem to be 1) was this simply a rationalization on Rodrigues' part, or 2) a true epiphany of God's true will?
Nathan
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