I hear people say things like " The Truth of Jesus Christ " and stuff like that all the time. But is it the Truth? Do they know it because they feel it? Do they feel it because they know it?
I tend to use the word Truth differantly.
I can have Faith that my car will get me to work today.
I can Believe that my car will get me to work today.
I will not KNOW that my car will get me to work today until it actually gets me to work.
And thats the Truth.
2007-03-07 07:12:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree completely. Simpling believing in something does not make it true, regardless of how much you believe it. I can have all the faith in the world that I have the six magic numbers for the PowerBall drawing tomorrow night, but that does not make it a fact. "Faith" and "belief in" are the same thing and prove nothing. "Faith in Jesus" is no different.
I believe in God, but since I cannot prove God exists, it does not make it the fact. It may be true that God exists, but it may not be. All I can do is believe in it.
Edit:
An unnamed poster belows says that if Jesus said he is Lord, he must either be telling the truth or a liar/lunatic. There is a third possibility: that what was written about him is wrong.
2007-03-07 07:22:30 · answer #1 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My beliefs are based on my Faith. You are correct. We use the word truth because it becomes the truth to us after taking it for granted so long. I have faith God will get me to the next life. I believe He has taken many others to the next life. I will Know He has taken me to heaven when I get there and not a day before. And I just want to keep my faith to make sure I don't miss the whole sheebang!! Because if I miss heaven, I will be much more than a little depressed!! Faith goes a step BEYOND your "facts".
2007-03-07 07:26:05 · answer #2 · answered by Dovey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Faith must follow facts, not feelings. It should be of less concern hoe I use the word "truth" and more of a concern whether Jesus spoke the truth. Either He spoke the truth or He didn't. If He didn't speak the truth it was because He is either a liar or He's delusional or a lunatic. If He did speak the truth than He is Lord.
Real faith is factual, based on a historical person who backed up His claims.
2007-03-07 07:24:33 · answer #3 · answered by MythBuster 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
>Jesus was an actual person who lived around that time,
> now that's truth.
Possibly, but not definitive truth.
>It's true that he raised from the dead.
FALSE. No proof.
>Also, God's Word can't be proven wrong.
FALSE
>There also has to be one truth, two things can't be true.
>The sky can't be red and blue.
FALSE.
You've never seen a sunset? I've seen many blue and red sky's
3x2=6=3+3
A hermaphrodite is both man and woman.
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As we can see above, many Christians are good at confusing truth and fiction. It's not their fault. Brainwashing from childhood is very powerful.
2007-03-07 07:29:33 · answer #4 · answered by TLG 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No one has the "truth". No one can read the Bible or any other document without "interpreting" what they read. If this were not so, then we would all interpret the Bible and God as the truth. I am always syspicious of those who say they know the truth...what they mean is, they know their interpretation of the truth (or in fairness what they have been told is the truth). Faith is not the same as truth, so it would not be used interchanably...but...you have to have faith that what you believe in is true. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2007-03-07 07:17:59 · answer #5 · answered by Just My Two Cents 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was an actual person who lived around that time, now that's truth. It's true that he raised from the dead. The word of God is true to itself. It takes faith to believe in it. It also takes faith to not believe in it. Also, God's Word can't be proven wrong. There also has to be one truth, two things can't be true. The sky can't be red and blue. So Jesus is nothing or he is everything.
2007-03-07 07:20:24 · answer #6 · answered by yaabro 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I agree, I think we confuse the "truth" actually meaning. Believing in something maybe enough to be true to you but not to others. Personally I agree with ur conclusion, I need to see it, touch it, smell it, experience it to make it true for me.
2007-03-07 07:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by mac_attack_51 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a bible thing. Jesus said that he is the truth and the light.
2007-03-07 07:23:04 · answer #8 · answered by hazydaze 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't really know if it is the 'Truth' or not.
You also have faith that your comment 'And thats the Truth' is truth.
You can claim something as 'Truth' and not know with absolute certainty that it is.
2007-03-07 07:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by super Bobo 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To them, "faith" is THEIR truth. Another fine example of valid perception vs. correct perception. What works for them might not be exactly the only answer but it it does, somehow, work for them.
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2007-03-07 07:16:57 · answer #10 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋