Speak Me The Answer

We speak of a labyrinthine riddle
as timeless as memory and as 
inexplicable as passion, one to 
which a question looking for a
conclusion has been as elusive as
the wind, the stars and the air we
breathe, with none of their ineffable
grace, begging only for an answer
to the apparently unanswerable.
When men of rare genius in time
immemorial conceived of a construct
toward which all humanity responded
in faith, the words taken as sacred
impressed upon the faithful above
all things good grace and fellowship
viewing others as they would their
own. A celestial being demanded
no less than peace and good order
among life's creations. That concept
was to transform the savage beast
that is man closer to the angels that
he is not. Ancient philosophers
added their voice in the belief that
deductive reasoning in tandem with
faith would ennoble humankind. 
The question: What happened?