Seeking the truth?
I had an interesting conversation late one night with a very close friend a few months ago. He's a Christian and has been struggling to understand my departure from theism. It was a very good, passionate discussion that we left well. In response to one of his questions I said something like "I'm just trying to find the truth. I've finally honestly asked some hard questions and the answers I'm finding are far more credible than the ones I was told I had to blindly accept before." His response was "EVERYONE is seeking the truth." It took me about a nanosecond to declare his statement patently false. I'm sure he still disagrees with me on this point. This portion of the conversation has stuck with me. As I look back on the 40+ years I spent as a Christian, I think I thought I was seeking truth then too - with vigor. I even considered leaving my profession to go to seminary to continue this quest. But was I really seeking truth ? I no long