Does it take more work throughout a persons life to avoid truth instead of embracing it?

Several people I know  have such an aversion/deep hatred for truth and no amount of evidence will convince them the path to true peace is truth (Catholic Faith).

Some people possess a rancid soul.  

Others...  I couldn't say.

How are you approaching people about the truth?

I think in the moment, day to day, it is easier to reject the truth rather than embrace it. I think the human tendency is to shy away from anything inconvenient to our inordinate desires, unfortunately. These daily rejections of truth and goodness add up to a big mess, though, making life ultimately more difficult in the long run.

Rejecting the truth only leads to pain. Some examples below:

~The Catholic faith says I can't fornicate. But i love my boyfriend, so surely it's alright to have sex with him. Afterall, we plan on getting married anyway.
   -Result: Boyfriend dumps girlfriend after finding out she's pregnant. Now baby
    is without a father. Many times the mother will make the same mistake again,
    having multiple children with multiple fathers. Then she wonders why life is so
    hard. She failed to choose the Truth.
   
~The Catholic faith says I cannot participate in debauchery. Catholics are such a drag. There's nothing wrong with lettin loose every once in awhile. I'm going to get drunk if I want. I'm still a good person.
   -Result: Said person makes a regular habit out of drinking too much, and
    becomes a borderline alcoholic. Their lack of selfcontrol filters into all other
    areas of their life, making their conscience weak, leaving them rolling around
    in their world of gluttony and sloth. Pretty soon they've spent all their money,
    have managed to obtain 3 STD's and got fired from work for showing up one
    too many times with a hangover. Then they wonder they are depressed, and
    hate themselves so much. They figure it must be genetics that make them
    depressed. Things could have been different if they chose Truth.

~The Catholic faith tells me I need to confess my deepest darkest secrets (sins) to the Priest. That's stupid. God knows my faults, and I've apologized to him already. The Priest is just a man, anyway. Who does he think he is? God? That's messed up.
   -Result: The big secret this man is hiding is cheating on his wife. He's too
    embarrased to admit it to anyone, including the Priest. He chooses pride over
    humility and forgiveness. The Devil takes that pride and makes it a strong root
    in his life, making sure he never tells. Though the man cheated, he loves his
    wife and wishes he never would have done it. His conscience eats at him for
    rest of his life. He hates himself, and thinks his wife should hate him too.  
    their marriage crumbles to the ground. They divorce. He's left without her,
    while taking his guilt with him to his death.
    A lose-lose situation. If he would have chosen the truth, he may have still
    lost his wife (hopefully she would forgive him and work through it), but he at
    at least could have lived in peace during his days knowing that his sin was
    absolved.

For every action, there is a consequence or reward, wether that be temporal or eternal. When we go against the truth, it should be no suprise that we end up miserable in this life and the next. But somehow, to the one without faith, their "lack of fortune" always comes as a suprise. To the person trapped in byproducts of their own sin, the Faith looks like a bunch of fuddy-duddies following a list of rigid rules. If only they knew that these "rules" were placed on us by God because he loves us. He wants us to be in eternity with him. The sad thing is, if you were to tell them that their current state of being is bad (multiple illigetimate children, broke and drunk, etc) their pride usually kicks in and they get defensive. Practical reasoning rarely works with them. They need to be moved by grace. At work, or in other secular dealings, I always pray that God would pinpoint to me the ones that are fertile soil, so that my words don't fall on hard dry ground.

We need to pray for them. Pray that grace would move them to be receptive to the truth, and keen to what has been leading them to death.

What I really could have said, instead of all of that, was that yes, I think it takes much more work to avoid it than to embrace it, lol.

I think in the moment, day to day, it is easier to reject the truth rather than embrace it. I think the human tendency is to shy away from anything inconvenient to our inordinate desires, unfortunately. These daily rejections of truth and goodness add up to a big mess, though, making life ultimately more difficult in the long run.

Rejecting the truth only leads to pain. Some examples below:

~The Catholic faith says I can't fornicate. But i love my boyfriend, so surely it's alright to have sex with him. Afterall, we plan on getting married anyway.
   -Result: Boyfriend dumps girlfriend after finding out she's pregnant. Now baby
    is without a father. Many times the mother will make the same mistake again,
    having multiple children with multiple fathers. Then she wonders why life is so
    hard. She failed to choose the Truth.
   
~The Catholic faith says I cannot participate in debauchery. Catholics are such a drag. There's nothing wrong with lettin loose every once in awhile. I'm going to get drunk if I want. I'm still a good person.
   -Result: Said person makes a regular habit out of drinking too much, and
    becomes a borderline alcoholic. Their lack of selfcontrol filters into all other
    areas of their life, making their conscience weak, leaving them rolling around
    in their world of gluttony and sloth. Pretty soon they've spent all their money,
    have managed to obtain 3 STD's and got fired from work for showing up one
    too many times with a hangover. Then they wonder they are depressed, and
    hate themselves so much. They figure it must be genetics that make them
    depressed. Things could have been different if they chose Truth.

~The Catholic faith tells me I need to confess my deepest darkest secrets (sins) to the Priest. That's stupid. God knows my faults, and I've apologized to him already. The Priest is just a man, anyway. Who does he think he is? God? That's messed up.
   -Result: The big secret this man is hiding is cheating on his wife. He's too
    embarrased to admit it to anyone, including the Priest. He chooses pride over
    humility and forgiveness. The Devil takes that pride and makes it a strong root
    in his life, making sure he never tells. Though the man cheated, he loves his
    wife and wishes he never would have done it. His conscience eats at him for
    rest of his life. He hates himself, and thinks his wife should hate him too.  
    their marriage crumbles to the ground. They divorce. He's left without her,
    while taking his guilt with him to his death.
    A lose-lose situation. If he would have chosen the truth, he may have still
    lost his wife (hopefully she would forgive him and work through it), but he at
    at least could have lived in peace during his days knowing that his sin was
    absolved.

For every action, there is a consequence or reward, wether that be temporal or eternal. When we go against the truth, it should be no suprise that we end up miserable in this life and the next. But somehow, to the one without faith, their "lack of fortune" always comes as a suprise. To the person trapped in byproducts of their own sin, the Faith looks like a bunch of fuddy-duddies following a list of rigid rules. If only they knew that these "rules" were placed on us by God because he loves us. He wants us to be in eternity with him. The sad thing is, if you were to tell them that their current state of being is bad (multiple illigetimate children, broke and drunk, etc) their pride usually kicks in and they get defensive. Practical reasoning rarely works with them. They need to be moved by grace. At work, or in other secular dealings, I always pray that God would pinpoint to me the ones that are fertile soil, so that my words don't fall on hard dry ground.

We need to pray for them. Pray that grace would move them to be receptive to the truth, and keen to what has been leading them to death.

What I really could have said, instead of all of that, was that yes, I think it takes much more work to avoid it than to embrace it, lol.

Thanks for the response. I have learned a lot from your post.

Well, no one can be convinced by anything we say alone. It takes special supernatural grace for hearts to become docile to the message of Christ and then to accept His divine teaching. "No man can come to Me, except the Father draw him". As Jen51 said, many people are afraid to embrace the truth because they unduly fear the obligations this could place on them. But rather, as Christ said, they are currently chained in darkness and slaves to sin, and it is Truth alone that shall set them free.