Hi Mooskee,
Got your message, so here I am. Your kindness is appreciated and it is such a valuable quality.
Mooskee--Can Truth be Known?
What a great question. Well, I say yes, the truth can be known and it is revealed each day to us.
Truth is revealed to us in the beauty and fathomless cosmos and nature.
Truth is revealed by the actual proof of our religious practice, both physically and spiritually. If we are not seeing actual physical material proof then we are not practicing correctly or we are practicing the wrong faith.
Wrong faith being subjective. The wrong faith practiced at the right time = no results. The right faith practiced at the wrong time = no understanding. The wrong faith practiced at the wrong time = chaos and devastation. The right faith practiced at the right time = awesome results.
There are many paths to the Truth, IMHO, and Truth = G-d = Truth.
It is a very subjective process.
All of us may have different faiths at different times. This collective knowledge, hopefully, leads us to the Truth and what is a correct practice for us at the correct time.
Consider Polyvalent logic. This is where many, ideas, theories, experiences are all true and valid simultaneously.
IMHO, if we look at a doctrine with logic and reason, understand it for what it is (truth or parable), then it cannot help but strengthen our faith and confidence.
The path to the Truth is a lifelong journey, it is what we make, beautiful or terrible for some.
Mooskee, what a thoughtful question and I am looking forward to the opinions of others.
Warmest regards, Fortuna
