Truth is not a Constant
- just_curiousposted 12 years ago
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Yes, I suppose in a hypothetical world I might have said that, but by having added that last part, I would have undermined the reasoning that you gave regarding discussion, which is why I didn't say it.
This is great advice, Shades. I think it's imperative to educate yourself about different -isms.
My own experience has been that the less I know, the more I realize I want to know, and that just make me desperate to go out and try to know more. I admit, without shame, that I am insatiably curious. On the flip side, I do believe that there's something in the essence of humanity that resonates to truth and common sense. I believe that truth is constant. I also believe that it can be known through natural law, and whether we choose to believe it or not, there is a natural law that dictates the universe (whether you call it God or physics or what the hell ever). In short, the more you come to know, the more you come to know how much you don't know. And, as a believing Christian, I can never understand how a person can say with absolute certainty that this is what is and there can be no other. Like the Christians who refuse to believe in aliens because it's anti-scriptural. Uh, okay. So the God you believe created the universe can't sustain life outside of THIS planet? He's so limited (your omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent God) that it is beyond Him to have created a civilization outside of the one you know? Over eleven years of a very crazy journey with God, I've learned one thing. If you are so arrogant as to believe, and to actually come out and say that you know the mind of God, then you are a fool. Dig into the mind and heart of God and you will find yourself in an ENDLESS quest for truth and knowledge. And for the Christians who want to beat me up for having the gall to make a statement such as this - grab a concordance and look up "the mind of God" and "search his heart" and "know his ways." Even the most convicted believer needs to acknowledge that there are things we may never know about this earthly existence. That doesn't make it any less true. That doesn't make it any less constant. It just makes it truth that we haven't learned yet.
And, the same can be true of those who don't believe in God because you can't prove he exists. If you have in fact covered every base on every issue in every phase of your, or your earth's existence, then you know it all. No further need for questions, experiments, discussions, or anything else for that matter. You've figured it all out and you have completed your journey. You are therefore dismissed.
Seems like maybe rather than knowing it all and making sure everyone knows that we do, we should concentrate on those things we actually might NOT know. There's much greater joy in learning than in knowing, IMHO.
Wow. Long winded. Really sorry for that.
Not at all. Individual experiences change dramatically from person to person with often contradictory and hypocritical results.
Sorry, do you mean one persons concept of the truth compared with another persons concept of the truth? Perhaps, you're referring to opinions and not truths.
I look to reality for answers rather than someones personal experience as it can be easily shown that personal experience often doesn't align with reality.So, if someone placed a banana in front of you, would you call it an apple because that is your perception of it, and you will argue emphatically that it is indeed an apple?
Your experiences tell you that it is an apple because you have processed the information for a banana through the sieve of your own experiences, because you're unique, hence it won't match anyone else, who might perceive it as a pomegranate.
I believe that my dog commands me to shoplift, when I take him to the market with me, and just because you call me delusional does not make it so.
It is not that anyone here is saying they "know so much."
It's that we are simply accepting reality. Why do you have such a problem with that?
You are trying to put accepting reality on the same level as believing in mythical nonsense.
Since you choose this particular action, let's see if you can handle the consequences that come with it?
Let's see you explain the difference between Truth and Fact?Jerami, this question is for you to answer. Asking me isn't answering the question.
Again, you're not answering my original question.
Again, you never answered the question. And, this statement shows you lack understanding the difference between truth and facts.
Know everything- Explain?
Are you making reference to knowing everything there is to know?
Or Are you making reference to knowing everything already known to humankind?
You do realize there is a difference between those two things?
There is only one reality and that reality is Truth (with a capital T)
There are also approximately as many personal perceptions of that reality as there are people. They range from completely out of touch with the one reality to a passing acquaintance with it to a handful of perceptions correct in all perhaps but the tiniest details. Maybe even one or two that are actually correct and in total agreement with the Truth.
Statements that begin with the phrase "I believe that..." are usually of the first variety; completely out of touch with reality. Just my personal perception of reality.
- ralwusposted 12 years ago0
- ralwusposted 12 years ago0
Reality is the only truth, despite ones perception of it.
No, it doesn't matter in the least how one perceives reality as reality will always remain exactly the same for everyone. It will be the same for you and the same for me. No difference whatsoever.
Do you even know the definitions of perception and reality?
Take away perception and what you have left is; reality. Simple.And, that has absolutely nothing to do with reality. It will continue to remain the same for you and me whether we are sentient beings, grasshoppers, or a slice of toast.
Better check a dictionary.
- you are truly entertaining.
- brotheryochananposted 12 years ago0
Nice to see you avoid answering. Ridiculous that you cannot even answer a simple question. You must be really proud of yourself.
- Twenty One Daysposted 12 years ago0
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