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2006-09-15 11:14:07 · 26 answers · asked by Dante 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A true statement is one that corresponds to reality.
It is not "what you believe" or any of that nonsense. For example the statement "Ghandi is dead" is true, the statement "Ghandi is alive" is false - it doesn't matter how much you believe Ghandi is alive its not going to bring him back from the dead.
Neither does it matter whether you can prove or even know what reality is. If you toss a coin and immediately hide it under a book you may say "Heads", I may say "Tails". Neither of us knows, in fact neither of us has any idea. However the coin is either heads up or tails up and one of the statements made does correspond to reality. We don't know which one is true - but one is true.
2006-09-15 12:28:51 · answer #1 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of different ideas about what is truth, and they can't all be right because they often contradict each other. I personally believe that the Bible is truth. I believe that God will guide true seekers to the truth. However, accepting that truth is a matter of personal choice. Everyone has to make their own choice; no one else can make it for you.
2006-09-15 18:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by rockdahouse85 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Truth is multidimensional. In one sense, God is the truth. From another perspective, the Son of God (Jesus Christ) is the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6). But truth also is correspondent to a given state of affairs. P is true iff (if and only if) P.
2006-09-15 20:33:29 · answer #3 · answered by sokrates 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Truth is you.
Since that is relativist... I suppose, I don't expect to win.
Perception IS Reality
You explain, define your perceptions.
What you perceive, conceive and then believe... is the truth.
Gray
2006-09-15 18:23:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The truth is what we believe it to be. Every culture has its own truths - and so does every individual. It seems that inner truth is all we'll ever find; the objective truth is an illusion, I think, but humans can't live without it.
That may be a truth.
2006-09-15 18:46:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Truth is the opposite of a lie. The truth is what one believe to factual, real, sincere and honest.
One can be truthfully, when one believe with all sincerity, and with out any doubt, that one particular even happen as we think it happen. Even when it is subjective to our own experience.
2006-09-15 21:04:27 · answer #6 · answered by time 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frank Zappa said Music is the Truth
2006-09-16 02:08:49 · answer #7 · answered by mjtpopus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Truth is what you can proof, false is mixture of truth and logical manipulation of others trying to find the truth. Truth are what we experienced and is convincing to others. To find the complete truth you must know everything that is to know.
2006-09-16 18:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by and17_60 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is the obvious part of the universe..search it and u shall find it....it is at the surface but takes time to discover...more than time!!
2006-09-15 18:19:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth can only be one,but so many do not know the one Truth
2006-09-15 18:16:36 · answer #10 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋