There is good reason to believe that your quest for truth is doomed, since there is a good chance humanity will annhiliate itself before we can find it. It is also quite possible it is unattainable, due to the vastness of the universe and the obvious physical constraints it presents, in terms of exploring it.
If this is true, truth will be humanities' empty chalice.
But the Truth is not an empty chalice
The Truth is an empty Cross
The Truth is an empty Tomb.
The Truth wants to set you free.
"I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man comes to the Father but through me. John 14:6
Brian.
To the contrary, my premise indicates an absence of faith. And I didn't say that "all there is is what can be observed," rather I implied (and intended to say) that all I know is what is observed. If there is more out there -- and there may be -- then let it be seen, and we will know it. Until then we don't know it.
There is good reason to believe that your quest for truth is doomed, since there is a good chance humanity will annhiliate itself before we can find it. It is also quite possible it is unattainable, due to the vastness of the universe and the obvious physical constraints it presents, in terms of exploring it.
That's okay. I'll take my chances, and learn all I can while I can. No harm in that.
If this is true, truth will be humanities' empty chalice.
Not if the journey is its own reward. I believe that's pretty much how we're made. Otherwise, we'd have abandoned the quest for knowledge as soon as we attained some absolute measure of comfort & security. But that's not the way the mind works: We tend to seek comfort & security relative to what we have now. Thus the neverending journey.