Are you Absolutely sure?
"There is or there is not a god." ok... tell me something I don't know...
"And both possibilities are frightening." This caught my attention.
"Because if there is then we better find out who he is and what his intentions of us are, and if there isn't then we are swirling around the sun at 1110 miles/hr while spinning 1040 miles/hr and no one is in charge!"
The first thing when talking of Absolute Truth is defining what is meant when we say truth, and it is as follows:
Conformity to fact or reality
What is real! That is what truth is, right now I am not talking about what is real and what's not, but the logic or in my view the self-evident fact that something is real. Some times when I think about how people might think that nothing is absolute it hurts because I come to the conclusion that people actually have a want to convince themselves of such foolish ideas... maybe to justify themselves or some thing... I couldn't be sure (but I know there is a sure answer).
Problem One-
It is contradictory! By stating that there is no absolute truth you are stating a fact that you presume to be absolutely true. So the question is are you absolutely sure?
Problem Two-
We have limited knowledge! You can only say a statement with limited knowledge, so one cannot just say "There are no wolfs in Africa." They would have say "With what I know about Africa there are no wolfs." Now if someone actually seen a wolf in Africa could they say there were wolves in Africa? To be fair there is always some idea that some one could come up with to bring in a small possibility that what you said wasn't true. What we do know though, is that there is or there is not wolves in Africa, so some one is right and someone is wrong. It is our job to gather the evidence and look to see what we believe is the truth, let us not forget we will be judged by what we believe because we are either right or wrong.
Problem Three-
No standard! The same idea of previous blogs comes up in this one too, which is dangerous to our country. If there is no Absolute Truth then we have no standard of right and wrong. No one can say that something is wrong because there is no absolute standard to judge them by, they could be right and you could be wrong. As I have said before this idea brings chaos and is a grave danger to our country, because a kingdom divided against itself falls.
Last Word-
Nothing new! "You will not surely die, for God knows when you eat of it, you will be like god, knowing good and evil."
This was said in the Garden of Eden by the Devil when this war had just began.
Truth and Reality VS. Lies and Illusion
Truth is a very important thing, Jesus said he came to "Testify the truth." Do not let the ways of the enemy fool you, think about things very logically and honest with yourself.
The bible says in the last days scoffers will come and will be "willingly ignorant." Stupid on purpose.
2 comments:
Cody--I think you have it in you to study philosophy, especially with your focus here on absolute truth. Look into Plato, he talks about capital "T" truth and his discussions on that topic.
This is an interesting post--so do you think believing in absolute knowledge is tied to Christianity? What about Plato, who lived BCE? Can one believe in a higher power and Truth? Keep digging!
Cody-
I must admit, I had to read your post twice. I think your blog about truth is intresting on so many levels, and it is refreshing to see some takel such a complicated topic with passion and heart. I also agree with Julie, that you would make a great philosophy major. I would not be able to hand such in-depth thought. : )
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