Is Truth Even Worth Searching For?

[Dezzie]

Well, that's another matter. I think we all need our impossible dreams to drive us to excel, but if theology isn't yours... well, no harm done.

Well, I never said I didn't like Theology... I was just merely asking if searching was even worth doing in the end. Maybe all we are doing is searching for nothing. If that's the case, we could spend our whole lives wishing... and maybe sometimes being devatated by the lack of knowledge and answers. I want to know the truth... so bad. It saddens me to think that I might never know. I want to know if God is real... if Aliens exist... and how we came to be. Life is short... How much can you learn if the past just keeps building up and moving farther away from you? The older the Earth gets, the farther in the past you are able to go... Someday our Ancient History is going to be just that... Ancient. It's already a mystery enough... nevermind 20 or 30 years down the road. Maybe I should be an Archaeologist... I used to want to do that as a kid. I would love to travel the world digging for answers!

 

[Dezzie]

It's like the tortoise and the hare but they both die during the race. The tortoise, however, realizes this fact and enjoys the scenery as she walks along.

That made me smile... Thanks

 

[Dezzie]

Hmmm, I think you can be satisfied and even happy when you find a truth (subjective to your own perceptions of course) if you go in searching with an open mind and open heart. Give yourself some breathing room and embrace the change and possible errors you might discover along the way. If everything were black and white with a single prize waiting at the end of a maze that each person has to go through, the journey would be pretty boring, IMO, and the enlightenment found not as rewarding. Searching shouldn't be like going through a maze with deadends - it should be an interconnected path with multiple detours to try and a great view to boot. And if you find yourself at a deadend, look a little closer and there always seems to be secret passage, sized just for you to fit through.

I like your point of view...

but I think in searching and debating we gain clues to what we're looking for.

Well... maybe but I'm not so sure. I see a lot of the same debates around this forum... the same answers are always given. Nothing new is ever found. Not that I've seen... That's why I see it as a never-ending circle. I'm not exactly receiving anymore clues. I'm basically being reminded of what answers were already given to me at a past time.