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## Wrestling with Truth
After that last segment, you might try to classify and dismiss me as a closet Christian. Candidly, I sometimes wonder that myself, having been profoundly influenced by Christian writers and thinkers (not particularly theologians, if that's any indication of my nature) throughout my life. Part of this might just be my western cultural inheritance, but it's also rooted in my captivation, from a young age, with the actual story of Jesus.
After that last segment, you might try to classify and dismiss me as a closet Christian. Candidly, I sometimes wonder that myself, having been profoundly influenced by Christian writers and thinkers (exluding overt theologians, if that's any indication of my nature) throughout my life. Part of this might just be my western cultural inheritance, but it's also rooted in my captivation, from a young age, with the actual story of Jesus.
I've been somewhat immune for some time from having any overtly religious sentiment foisted upon me for what I believe to be one simple fact: I actually read the Bible (willingly, without coercion) at a young age. It never ceases to be hilarious how essentially nobody who claims to follow the book seems to have any inkling of what it actually says or teaches. I truly believe that if they did, they might not be followers at all. Jesus himself, contrary to modern Christian doctrine of easy salvation, spoke to the rarity of his true followers with phrases like "if you left me, you never knew me" and "many are called, few will answer."
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It's a peculiar burden of the disagreeable truth-seeker: we're compelled to chase truth relentlessly while simultaneously accepting that complete certainty may be forever beyond our reach. We must somehow maintain the passion of the search while embracing the humility of perpetual uncertainty. This isn't relativism - there is only one Truth (big T). But our relationship with it is far more complex than most are willing to admit.
Take, again, the question of God's existence, for instance. Some days I'd like to believe so, and some days I certainly hope not, usually when I consider my inadequacies and myriad mistakes. Sitll, I don't think belief is as ignorant as most modern atheists would suggest, and I must acknowledge the profound contributions that men of faith have made to science, which many modern "scientific" types are happy to ignore, seemingly to strengthen their own position.
Take, again, the question of God's existence, for instance. Some days I'd like to believe it is so, and some days I certainly hope not, usually when I consider my inadequacies and myriad mistakes. Still, I don't think belief is as ignorant as most modern atheists would suggest, and I must acknowledge the profound contributions that men of faith have made to science, which many modern "scientific" types are happy to ignore, seemingly to strengthen their own position.
By now, perhaps you can see how isolating my experience of profound disagreeableness truly is. There is no sect I belong to, or even can belong to, whether concerning profound questions like "does God exist" or more mundane matters like "what school of engineering do you subscribe to?" As uncomfortable as it is, I can only feel honest with myself by answering such questions with "it depends." This is something most people in my life simply cannot accept. And if I'm being honest, it's for this reason that I sometimes try to hide this aspect of my nature, placing myself in one camp some days, and another others.