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NASB | John 18:38 Pilate *said to Him, "What is truth?" ¶ And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, "I find no guilt in Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 18:38 Pilate said to Him [scornfully], "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, "I find no guilt in Him [no crime, no cause for an accusation]. |
Subject: What is truth? |
Bible Note: 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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