I was listening to a good song today that made me think of this thread. Some of the lyrics are:
Truth is after all a moving target
hairs to split and pieces that don't fit
how can anybody be enlightened
truth is after all so poorly lit
Is Jesus God?
Did he rise from the dead on the third day?
Did Eve actually eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
The answers to these questions, be they yes or no, are not going to change the way I live my life one bit, as I would hope none of your lives would change.
I am a man, created in the spiritual image of God and, like God, I seek the satisfaction of my spirit.
Through years of hard experience I have learned that excesses of the flesh and overweening pride of the intellect do not bring that satisfaction, only hunger and loneliness. I believe God knows the ones who earnestly seek him, I tell my fundamentalist friends that I'm betting the farm on it, but for now, I just want to go out there and I want to love and be loved. I'm not always good at it, I'll admit ; still I do want to keep trying. Wish me luck.