I've never thought I've found it, or had any hopes of doing so, except perhaps under the influence of excessive quantities of alcohol.
When we think we have found absolute truth we usually get oursevles in trouble. Followers of Jim Jones found it and sipped the nectar of objective truth but ended up mixing it with cyanide laced kool-aid. Heavens Gaters too found it and ended up lying like stiffs in pairs of black Nikes while waiting for the Mothership to arrive. Hitler thought he found it and the result was a eugenics program to sustain a master race by purging the genetically inferior.
Beware of those who claim to hold obective truth - it comes in various packages and forms and can often be disguised as rational. This disease is not limited to the religious. As history shows this claim of finding objective truth amidst our falible condition is usually dangerous to one's health.
There are various degrees of truth acceptance among the religious. The most dangerous are those who claim it is impossible for them to be wrong. Most of the sane don't go that far though and at least have one foot inside the confines of reality.
There is a term for those who claim they cannot be wrong - deluded fanatics. Among the rational the most dangerous are those who hold as absolute truth the idea that they retain genetic superiority and the value of an individual is found in his or her ability to reason and accept facts.
As far as my views on reality I remain largely agnostic on most issues people find of prime importance. People often construe my somewhat radical positions on current topics as advocating a particular stance when I am not. I try to simply be as objective as I can when addressing the issues at hand.
If someone were to ask me if I beleve in a 'creator-god' I would answer I simply don't know. Nor is it of major importance to me. I am here and alive. I have no control over what objective truth is. If someone asks me if I believe in a personal deity involved with the affairs of men I would answer in the negative. My speculation on the issue ends there.
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