Why Many Truths Are Not Self-Evident

I don't think it's strange that growing causes growing pains. The old saying, "No pain; no gain," really is true.

If you look at it from one angle, the War In Heaven and Garden of Eden narratives draw two distinct alternatives: struggle vs. ease. I see the verse that says, "There must needs be opposition in all things," as much more literal and comprehensive than many people - that when it says "all things", it means ALL things.

So, I would say that truths are not self-evident simply because they aren't - and they can't be if we are here to grow and become on an individual basis.