The more terrible thing about the quest for truth is NOT finding it. Especially because it's so obvious. Paul again offers a counter-point: "But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power, and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. It's been said: "Photography is 90% seeing the picture and 10% taking it. If you can't see---you can't take it."

There's a germ, a disease-causing microbe in Locke's quote. It's a throw-back to the first bite taken from the apple that hung on the tree of the knowlege of good and evil. A counter-point to Locke's philosophy is a quote by Paul (1st century A.D.): "No one is righteous---not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one." Romans 3:10-12