I hear people say things like " One TRUE God , or 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 differently.
I can have Faith or 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.
2007-03-28 07:27:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know just what you mean. But actually, you rely on REASON to assess the probability of your car reaching your desired destination. You factor in its maintenance, the conditions of the road, the weather, your prior knowledge of where work is and how to best get there, etc etc...
That's all reason. Faith would be based on nothing more than a blind hope.
2007-03-28 07:31:24 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because by saying theirs is the truth, they don't have to deal with the knowledge that all they truly have is faith. For all their pointing at their bible as proof of their belief, it is simply a book, written by men who "say" they were Divinely inspired.
Ones religion should first rewrite ones internal landscape, before it attempts to shine onto the external, until that is done it's like trying to tell people you know about farming and all you have to show is an empty field and the promise that there will be proof coming.
2007-03-28 14:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
here is the definition of the word truth:
truth
–noun,
1. the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
2. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.
3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
4. the state or character of being true.
5. actuality or actual existence.
6. an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
7. honesty; integrity; truthfulness.
8. (often initial capital letter) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience: the basic truths of life.
9. agreement with a standard or original.
10. accuracy, as of position or adjustment.
11. Archaic. fidelity or constancy.
—Idiom12. in truth, in reality; in fact; actually: In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.
do their beliefs sound like truth, or faith? i think faith
2007-03-28 14:33:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We know it because it is so. It has been proven so for 2,000+ years. Men have tried and failed to prove it otherwise. If it remains true day after day, then at some time you have to realize it is the truth. Do you go around telling your family and friends they are liars because they care about you or do you accept the truth.
2007-03-28 14:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep, it bugs me too. No one can possibly know the truth. But I've come to realize that they actually believe it, so in a way it's truth, if only to them.
2007-03-28 14:32:21 · answer #5 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only ones who say truth and mean it are the atheists
2007-03-28 14:37:10 · answer #6 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alot of people around here tends to use truth and facts.. where they dont exist.
2007-03-28 14:33:21 · answer #7 · answered by Loathing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes faith to know the truth and when you do, it will set you FREE and he who is set free is free indeed.
2007-03-28 14:35:29 · answer #8 · answered by movedby 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because for those people their FAITH is the TRUTH.
They cannot see anything else.
2007-03-28 14:32:42 · answer #9 · answered by nycguy10002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋