...further questioning or contemplation?
2007-03-09 15:36:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you could answer this without spouting dogmatic doctrine from one Holy Book or another, I would respect your insight much more.
2007-03-09 15:41:28 · update #1
The very words of a truth change every generation. The Gay 90s weren't gay, though they all sucked on fags.
Every word recorded by mankind is open to abuse when edited or translated, and even then words honestly placed change in societal meaning as shown above. Therefore all truth is mutable.
For those upset by my sentence.
In 1890, Gay meant rather frivolously happy. Sucking on a fag was smoking a cigarette. That y'all took it to have a 20th century, sexual meaning, shows how much "truths" change over generations when words are involved. Aramaic and Latin may be dead languages, but the words the translators learned as translations, over generations, have themselves changed in meaning.
Even the Answer's program gets confused on what is and isn't "acceptable" words in context. (Fag/cigarette) is censored In this message in one place and is not in another. Thus does all truths lay open to confusion.
2007-03-09 15:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, the world is designed for stability and constants. The seasons are constant, the sun is constant, air is constant. As such, I believe that yes, Truth can be single and constant.
However, questioning or contemplation are human tools to understand/appreciate/find/test that Truth. It's like imagine two people on opposite sides of a brick wall using toothpicks to push the wall.
One hopes to send it toppling down. Another hopes to keep it up. To question and tear down or to confirm makes no difference to the Truth. It only makes a difference to you.
2007-03-09 15:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by Studier Alpha 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think that there are certain things that are inherently wrong- taking an innocent life, dishonesty in any form, unwaranted violence (and I do understand the subjective nature of "unwaranted"), etc.
And some things are inherently good- integrity, kindness, happiness, the laugh of a child- one of my favorites...
As a Christian, I feel that God defined most of these in His commandments.
At the same time, I think that questioning and contemplating and discussing the things we (all of humanity) believe helps us understand what we believe and why we believe it....
Maybe that will always be a constant- that there will always be questioning and discussing of the status quo.
2007-03-09 15:54:55 · answer #3 · answered by Yoda's Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity remains constant doesnt it? Burritos will always be good. Yes, somethings never change like the God that created it all!
2007-03-09 15:47:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep
read Hebrews 13:8
2007-03-09 15:39:21 · answer #5 · answered by firechap20 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Truth of God is an eternal truth outside the realm of this world. It is established in heaven and transcends all changes in the time continuum we understand as reality.
2007-03-09 15:40:43 · answer #6 · answered by wd 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Question, contemplate, ridicule... in the end, it's still the truth, it doesn't need your validity to be true.
2007-03-09 15:41:47 · answer #7 · answered by Scott B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Law of Gravity. I thank God that's stable & constant.
2007-03-09 15:47:08 · answer #8 · answered by V 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time can't render truth invalid.
2007-03-09 15:53:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is truth and is not generational.
2007-03-09 15:51:46 · answer #10 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋