2006-07-18 00:49:17 · 17 answers · asked by john n 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would and I do. I would rather follow a religion that is honest about not knowing what the "absolute truth" is--or if there even is an absolute truth.
2006-07-18 01:32:07 · answer #1 · answered by Witchy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The very fact that something is presented as an absolute truth, w/out actual facts to back it up, is what makes it a religion or philosophy. That's why I'm all for spirituality, since one should be more open-minded.
2006-07-18 08:00:25 · answer #2 · answered by Layla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would anyone in their right mind subscribe to any religion or philosophy that did present itself as the absolute truth. Oh that's right, anyone in their right mind wouldn't.
2006-07-18 07:54:40 · answer #3 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could subscribe to a religion or philosophy that said they weren't sure if they were the absolute truth or not. I myself would have to be pretty sure, however, otherwise I wouldn't be subscribing to it, would I?
2006-07-18 08:23:35 · answer #4 · answered by Caritas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question and now, one for you:
How would you go about presenting a religion that didn't proclaim itself as the owner of the absolute truth?
2006-07-18 07:53:39 · answer #5 · answered by sincityq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said it fella - Religion or Philosophy always remember are man made - you can go to hundreds of different churches with different rules and guidelines to worship or perceive god but always remember they are all man made. You will eventually follow something that has been written or passed down by MAN, so if you are exploring for god just look within, he is right there.
He will never ask you to worship him or praise him or even spread his word all he/she would ask is the truth from you in every situation/times of your lives. So do some justice to yourself and listen to your heart. There can be thousand sitting on your head trying to prove to you that this is where god is, it is at this moment that you choose.
2006-07-18 07:58:55 · answer #6 · answered by Myles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do. I'm a liberal Protestant. Liberal theology stopped describing itself as the absolute truth about 200 years ago -- longer, if you include the forefathers of liberal Christianity in the radical Reformation. Anyway, speaking philosophically, how could any contingent thing, such as an expression of truth uttered by a human being, be absolute? Such an idea is absurd.
2006-07-18 07:54:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget religion.
Christ is the path of salvation.
Christ is the truth of God's Word.
Christ is the life eternal.
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Christ is the tree of life.
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
2006-07-18 07:55:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...simply because there is only one truth, and truth is absolute..."you gotta call a spade a 'spade', right?"
Yes, most religions do that, but it's not too hard to identify the REAL truth and follow it as opposed to false ones.
2006-07-18 07:54:19 · answer #9 · answered by copticphoenix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quiet a few "Christain" churches do not present themselves as "absolute truth". Quakers for example.
2006-07-18 08:52:46 · answer #10 · answered by phil_the_sane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋