PHOTOPHILIC

Opinion

I THINK... Truth Must Be Revealed!
     No one knows everything.  In fact, no one knows enough to make a truly informed decision about anything.  Mostly, people project strong opinions which may be based on the strong opinions of very renowned individuals who also don't know enough to make truly informed decisions about anything! 
     We are so ignorant as to be unaware of the affect of what we don't know on what we think we know now!  Discovery of any kind, in any field, leads to the discovery of mostly predictable but mysterious processes that beg discovering!  Boredom occurs only to those who are ignorant of their ignorance. 

WHAT WE NEED...
     Is there someone who does know everything?  Complexity lies beneath every complex system or process we discover!  The complex inter-dependence of the larger system (s) of which we are a small part is intellectually stunning!  We are left to creating speculative models that inadequately explain information that was selected out of all we know because it is compatible with a particular ideology or opinion.
     Ideology (bias, prejudice, opinion) supercedes information.  Information is filtered and selected to fit presuppositions.  Complexity may be the result of elemental predestination, or of an intelligent designer.  Elemental predestination may even be a creation of an intelligent designer as a managerial tool!  How can we know?  We cannot know anything, and we need to know, without discovering a final authority to tell us so.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
     Perhaps we should gather as much evidence as we can, and then investigate it without any opinions to prejudice us.  We ought to test and question the validity and pertinance of every test and question we apply to every declaration of every "authority" for trustworthiness.  That's too much work for most people.  Even sampling critical declarations, fundamental issues, ought to be done.  It must be done with a critical eye on our own biases.  Are you, for instance, seeking to know, or seeking to influence? 

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
     The way I understand prejudice is that it throws out information, ideas, and persons, deleting some considerations because they don't agree with what a person wants to find.  I wonder if any research can be unbiased!  We hope to be aware that we are biased and prejudiced, and resist interpreting information while we gather it.
"Just the facts!"  It may be impossible for human beings to simply gather facts!  We cannot restrain our urge to assign either meaning or meaninglessness to everything based on our knowledge of almost nothing!

TRUTH MUST BE REAVEALED!

      This ends the search for absolute truth.  Absolute truth either does not exist, or it is not discoverable by searching, which may be the same thing!  If truth exists, it must be revealed by whomever it is that has it. 

 ...THAT WOULD BE JESUS CHRIST...

He is the way, the truth, and the life...