Clarence Day Jr.As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.
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The opening lines of the poem, “As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.” In the history of philosophy, people have been trying to figure out the meaning of life. However, as time progresses some truths are revealed that tend to contradict what people have been taught in the past. For example, some people believe that science has proven that God does not exist. However, there is a growing number of people who think that science has proven that God does exist and He created the universe.
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