Originally posted by FabianFnas
This is a continuation of the Thread 53277
Well, we can call him God for a while...
But he is giving us information about the universe, from the big Bang itself, he is a generous God, isn’t he? He reveal everything about his creation, from the tiniest particles, to the grandeur of the universe itself , and also in a pace of our technolo ...[text shortened]... be answered but eventually we get them too. We just have to be mature enough to understand them.
I thought you said ultimate truth was unknowable? You say that one day man will know all there is to know about everything. Unfortunatly for us, it seems that the more knowledge we obtain the more questions are generated from such knowledge. Assuming you are right and man will one day reach the pinnacle of knowledge, what then? Who cares? Enjoy such knowledge while you can. After all, your life is but a vapor. Once you die all such knowledge/truth will be nothing more than pure vainity.
This reminds me of a scripture which is Ecclesiastes 1:13. It says,
"And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; this sore travail has God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart had great experience of widsom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly; I perceived that this is also vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow."
It seems that with increased knowledge comes increased burden according to the scripture. As you begin to percieve the universe for what it actually is the more you realize how insignificant you are in comparison to it and the futility of fighting such an insignificance existence due to your finite and temperal state. What good does it all really due you other than create a sense of hoplessness and increased worry?
Do you find it odd that we hunger and thirst after this so called Ultimate truth, when in reality, we are unable to come to such an Ultimate truth by ourselves? We also seem to hungering and thirsting after this ultimate knowledge which, in fact, seems to bring nothing but vexation of spirit according to the above scripture. It is, in fact, a bit paradoxical don't you think?
Considering these facts, this tells me one thing. This tells me that we are designed to hunger and thirst after this Ultimate Truth, however, we were never designed to receive the burden of the totality of this Ultimate Truth. Instead, we were designed to want to only commune with this Ultimate Truth. God is the Ultimate truth and we are designed to seek him.