Saying Too Much Blog - Walker Leonard

Creation: an obtuse example of saying too much
We all have pondered the question at some point in our existence - and in fact the question has been with us for generations and generations, ever since the beginning of structured thought and consciousness. Maybe animals wonder about it as well, in their own ways of which we do not understand. The question is simple - where did we come from?
It's a question that has developed into a way of life for many people in the form of religion. They pick a story, or sometimes are simply told a story, and stick with it, believing it is the truth and not accepting any line of logic outside of their own. Scientists crunch numbers and look for evidence as to the beginning of time as we know it. But even the scientists, as they get ever so close to discovering the "truth" of our creation, could never be sure if they were correct. And also there are those who ponder the possibilities and never see the option of settling on one idea because the probability of being correct is so slim.
Yet another way of looking at things is as follows; do we really need to know? Is there really a single simple answer that will relieve the human race of all troubles in the field? And even if there is one answer that is proven in one way or another (God speaks to the entire race and spells the story out as it was intended, not through the clouded and misinterpreted stories of the bible which has continuously evolved with our culture; Aliens decend to the planet and communicate with us their intentions for putting us here and the “master plan” of our race; it is proven mathematically and with concrete evidence that we simply came to be out of nothing), people will still have an incredibly tough time coming to a unanimous decision on what the beginning really was.
Stories of creation shaped many cultures over the course of time. The stories weren’t present at the beginning of time itself, however, because if such was the case there would be one story and one culture. Many stories of creation were, in fact, created as well. With this never ending string of opinions and perspectives, is there really one way to answer the question? Not everybody will ever be satisfied by any “results” and such a conclusion would most likely arise even more conflict than has already occurred in the timeline of civilization.
The way I can answer the question in a way I feel accurate is as follows:
We do not know where we came from, for none of us have lived a life long enough to tell the story first hand. All we have is our mental image of what the past was, and each person’s perspective is played out in their own way within the confines of their mind. All that is, is the present moment; what we experience day in and day out, but is rarely appreciated to the fullest extent. What came before us is irrelevant. To try and describe what is the past will indefinitely be skewed in one way or another. If we were meant to know the true occurance that spurred our being, it would have been figured out by now. The truth is inconceivable in the way we process information and think about life. The beauty of creation comes out of possibility, and accepting that we do not and will not ever fully understand the concept. It is best to accept what is than to assume what could be or what was. There is know way of knowing, so saying that you do is in fact, saying too much.