2006-07-18 06:24:52 · 9 answers · asked by RUcurious 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
the follow up to "your answers" to my question is... "are you ABSOLUTELY SURE?"
2006-07-18 06:41:28 · update #1
YES! The Bible is full of absolute truth.
2006-07-18 06:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
For me God is the absolute truth, and relative truths comes from God, any human truth evolves with time, what was something true consider yesterday may be a lie today, for instance to say that atoms are the smallest particles in matter, at that time that was true because of those instruments used to find it. Today science tell us is the Quark or Quarck who is the smallest, in 20 or 30 years will be another conception on truth.
Truth and concepctions change with time and culture...
2006-07-18 07:10:02 · answer #2 · answered by frankomty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Try starting off with attempting to define what absolute truth means. You'll soon find that you can't.
One reason to see this lies in this sentence: "This sentence is false." One usually dismisses it on the grounds of being meaningless. We do this because in order to fully define the statement you must define what it is to be false (and thus what it is to be true). If you COULD do that, the sentence would not be meaningless but be a valid, well formed, statement that could be true or false. Obviously that would lead to problems though (take another look at the sentence to see why).
Once you see that's impossible, you'll probably fall back on your intuition of what truth means which is, I'm guessing, that truth is what the majority of people you consider to be sane believe to be facts. "Absolute Truth" is just something that lies beyond the realm of logic.
(Side note: there is also an issue with what's called an infinite regress when defining the statement I gave you in the beginning, in that it refers to itself so that it could read
This sentence is false. "This sentence is false" is false. " " This sentence is false" is false " is false ...
... " is false" is false" is false."
The issue arrises when you try to specify the sentence when forming it. However, if you can accept the validity of ANY statement to be true or false, then you have to accept infinite regresses. This is because all of our language relates back on itself in order to be defined (you use words to define words in the dictionary). That being the case, rigorously analyzing any statement will lead to an infinite regress, just not such an obvious one)
Edit: Response to your follow up question. No, and that was kind of the whole point as to what I was getting at. Defining truth is beyond any finite, thinking thing's ability to define. This means that it does not exist in the world we live in. If you want to point to other places to find your notion of "absolute truth" (such as god) then you leave the realm of logic and meaningful questions, and saunter into the land of faith where any amount of b.s. is considered tolerable.
This is in response to your email: (there was an error in your address and I couldn't reply)
You are throwing around a fuzzy word, "absolutely". You can't actually define what it is and this makes your question unanswerable if you really want to push the issue. Just as the inability to define "truth" makes the sentence "This sentence is false" meaningless. What you are doing is very much like asking the following: Are these sentences true or false?
"The statement below is false"
"The statement above is true"
Though it may seem like a valid question, it inherently involves terms that cannot be defined and thus cannot be answered. What I did in my post to your question was basically describe to you why the notion of "absolute truth" cannot logically exist (exist in the sense that there is ANYONE or ANYTHING in the universe that can observe it). In a sense, this is what I believe because I believe in the validity of logic. If you don't feel that you are bound by logic, then you can believe whatever the hell you want.
If you are asking your question because you want an answer then there is mine. If you are asking because you are trying to validate some preconceived notion of the world while disregarding views that disagree with that, or just to be cute then don't bother me again.
2006-07-18 06:28:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is My truth: the way I see things
His / her truth: the way he / she sees things
and there is "the truth": the way things actually happened
None of them are absolute truth.
2006-07-18 06:29:55 · answer #4 · answered by copita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, the bible is one....as stated.....but absolute truth.....you knock a glass off the table...and you say that you knocked a glass off the table....that is absolute truth, is it not?
2006-07-18 06:32:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, lol!!! but still tell da truth 2 da best of ur abilities. that way u cant b a liar.
2006-07-18 06:28:54 · answer #6 · answered by Boss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. And do not expect to find it in "the bible". It is full of contradictions and untruths.
2006-07-18 06:30:42 · answer #7 · answered by abbeyroad54321 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you born?
Any argument?
2006-07-18 06:34:37 · answer #8 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure there is...i tell it EVERYDAY!!!
2006-07-18 06:28:31 · answer #9 · answered by Mean Carleen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋