Does experience always make something true? Its very vague but I want different view points.
2006-09-17 14:19:16 · 6 answers · asked by fabfind 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no,but it certainly is the best teacher.I believe my experiences over someones statement of truth.
2006-09-17 14:42:20 · answer #1 · answered by Weldon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Truth makes something true. That you may have seen or felt or heard something doesn't mean it's so. I saw a magician make things disappear, but know that they could not possible have disappeared. The truth is that it has to be an illusion. That doesn't change by my experiences. I may check an apple tree for weeks, find no fruit on it, and conclude from my experience that it's not an apple tree. That doesn't change what the tree is one little bit.
If I meet several people in a new town who are all unkind, I may conclude that all people (or all people who look or talk like those people did) in this town are unkind. That doesn't make it true.
That there really is an absolute truth is a concept that is not popular these days. The fact that people don't like that idea does not make it any less true. There is and always will be an absolute truth, regardless of whatever humans think. It's an incredibly arrogant assumption to think that we humans get to decide what is true. We need to discover what is true, not decide on it.
2006-09-17 14:36:22 · answer #2 · answered by thejanith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because when people experience the exact same thing their perception of what they experienced can be drastically different from one person to the next. That is why when you ask someone what happened you have to take what they say with an objective grain of salt, and have an understanding of human nature. You should never take a face value what you hear from another unless you really know that person.
2006-09-17 14:25:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Example: You could flip a coin 3 times and get a head each time. Experience might tell you that flipping a coin will always result in a head... but you'd be wrong. We have to be a bit more thorough than that.
2006-09-17 14:33:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it might make it true to you but not to someone else. perception is reality for each individual.
2006-09-17 14:22:34 · answer #5 · answered by Marysia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, due to perception
2006-09-17 14:22:05 · answer #6 · answered by papaofgirlmegan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋