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1 | What is truth? | John 18:38 | DocTrinsograce | 195109 | ||
"Philosophers and poets have long asked this great question. Even Pontius Pilate asked it with sarcasm (John 18:38). Some people say, 'All truth is relative. What’s true for you may not be true for me. Nothing is absolute. You make your own truth.' This is called Relativism, Situation Ethics or Values Clarification. Others say, 'Truth is absolute. Everything is black or white. Why? They just are that way, that’s all.' Both of these ideas are wrong. "What is truth? God. God Himself is the ultimate Truth. He is 'the God of Truth' (Isaiah 65:6). Jesus said, 'I am the Truth' (John 14:6). 'The Spirit is Truth' (I John 5:6). God is the only absolute truth, and things are true only insofar as they rightly relate to God. God alone determines what is true. Two plus two equals four, because God made it so. Murder is wrong, because God says it is wrong. "We know the truth of God from the Bible. Jesus said, 'Thy Word is Truth' (John 17:17). It is infallible and inerrant. If something contradicts the Bible, it is necessarily false. That is why we need to study the Bible to know what is truth." --Curt Daniel |
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2 | What is truth? | John 18:38 | Jesusman | 195116 | ||
It's funny when you speak to someone about the absolute nature of truth and they respond with their relativism philosophy. What they fail to realize is in order to be true to their philosophy, and for others to hold to the same philosophy, that the philosophy of Relativism becomes an Absolute Truth in and of itself. Thus defeating it's own premise. It also opens up the door to the argument that if one absolute truth exists, aka Relativism, then there is the likelihood of other absolute truths existing, aka God. On the other hand, if Relativism isn't absolute, then it shoots down it's own credibility. Relativism can only be true for one person and one person only. It holds no power or authority to another person. If I say something is true because it's true for me, and there are no Absolute truths, then what authority do I have to say that what I say is true should also be true for you. This can lead to anarchy. How can we hold criminals responsible for their crimes against the laws of the land with this being the prominant philosophy? You can't. Even with a majority saying the same relative truth, it only takes one to say that it isn't true for them to begin unravelling authority and credibility. Some of the more zealous supporters of relative truth might disagree here, but the fact is that something needs to be held as an Absolute Truth. There is no way around it. The originator of Absolute Truth is God. Jesusman |
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3 | What is truth? | John 18:38 | DocTrinsograce | 195118 | ||
Dear Jesusman, It is often the case that competing world views do not stand up in the light of their own scrutiny. You've pointed out the central issue of relativism. Subjectivists have a similar problem. Empiricism cannot offer empirical evidence to support its own presuppositions. Once, while riding on an airplane, I had a gentleman carefully render up one argument after another as to why logic was an illusion that should be rejected. :-) Most recently I had a lady assert what she called a new perspective, that individuals create their own reality. Nothing is more timeworn than the brand new! In Him, Doc PS Was it Francis Beckwith who said that relativism was the philosophy of people whose feet were firmly planted in midair? |
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4 | What is truth? | John 18:38 | Jesusman | 195121 | ||
All I have to say is that if we create our own reality, then can I trade mine in for something different? On top of that, If we reject logic as being merely an illusion, then what's left? Basically, he's reducing life to a tom and jerry cartoon. Everything in existance today revolves around Logic on some level. Jesusman |
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5 | What is truth? | John 18:38 | DocTrinsograce | 195122 | ||
That was my point... he was using logic to reason away logic. :-) | ||||||