If it did it would not be the truth, would it?
2007-05-24 05:19:38 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There seems to be so many different ways to read this question, I thought I was direct. ~ : )
2007-05-24 05:32:10 · update #1
One Love: Yes, Thanks, *sip* ~ : )
2007-05-24 06:28:51 · update #2
No.
We may need beliefs to support us as we plod here and there, looking for it.
Truth is always just, well, Truth - chuckling, waiting to be discovered.
Jon C
2007-05-29 01:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you asking about "truth", or "fact"? Spiritual truth is a foggy area at best, it pretty much comes down to what is "true" for the individual, and you are correct, it is more based on beliefs than evidence, it's about things you can't perceive in a 3rd dimensional way. Physical truth is apparent through evidence, but then it is still up to the interpreter of the evidence, but physical truisms are generally taken as being true for all. Even when something is considered to be a scientific "fact", it is not necessarily truth, and it is not set in stone. It is based on compelling physical evidence, and when it becomes a fact, it is because the majority has settled on an interpetation of the available evidence, and decided to call that interpretation the standard. A fact is an idea where the majority has decided they are satisfied with an answer based on the available evidence, and has decided to cease investigation. This does not mean a fact is necessarily true. It was once a fact that the Earth was flat, and all the universe revolved around the Earth, because we are God's special kiddies. Today it is a fact that the Earth is round, and that our planets revolve around the sun, and that our solar system is part of another system of mind boggling proportions. When new evidence arises, or new technology can measure things that couldn't be measured before, or someone looks at the evidence in a way that compells investigation to be re-opened, then it is no longer a fact, but a theory. Tomorrow it may be a fact that this mind boggling system we live in is contained in a raindrop evaporating off of a leaf in a rain forest in someone else's system. Somewhere out there is an eternal, unchangeable truth. But in the illusions of third dimensional existence, it is not apparent to us, the best we can do on this plane, is find a place where we can all agree to cease investigation. Even this "truth" can be no more than an opinion on my part, based on personal knowledge and experiences.
2007-05-24 23:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by beatlefan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The truth will always be the truth, however, people have free will and may choose not to believe it. The belief does not make it true. Gravity is still true whether or not we believe it. It is the same with all truths. A belief is an acceptance of truth.
2007-05-24 05:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by SerenaNichole 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
quite the phillisophical question you pose there. the idea of truth is a concept relevant only to an individual/s understanding of their own perception. i.e. an acceptance with which someone is comfortable with. a belief is not neccessarilly based on FACT but to some may be so appealing that it becomes their truth. So the answer to your question is NO truths do not need beliefs to support them as a perception of truth does not mean that it is factually astute.
2007-05-24 05:33:38 · answer #4 · answered by eduardo c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Up to a point, maybe?
Aaw, I dunno!
Maybe some beliefs support it better than others?
Or rather, the path to it.
Arj
(Added):
If you had no initial 'belief' or faith in the Perfection of Wisdom, would you be as likely to (try to) practice (in accordance with) it, and thereby realise the truth which it unveils?
I think the absolute truth is immutable & free, but the path thereto is conditioned & requires maintainance, clearing, realising, developing.
The world being round & not flat, is one thing.
Actually circumnavigating it, is another.
2007-05-24 22:36:00 · answer #5 · answered by goodfella 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truth vs. non-truth is a totally different criteria than believing or not believing.
Belief, I feel, has more to do with individual opinions about the way things are, things which can be neither proven nor disproven. The reason you believe is that this particular thing speaks to your soul so strongly you cannot deny it.
2007-05-24 05:25:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We always know only approximation to the truth. The truth is never fully known. We grow closer and closer to truth through science, spirituality and whatever. And this approximation (=beliefs) is our current date truth. Of this truth derived from science is communicable and has support. Truth acquired from spirituality is difficult to communicate and need to be discovered by each individual to know it.
2007-05-26 09:39:55 · answer #7 · answered by Sourav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your own beliefs create your own truth. There is no absolute truth as we all have our own, based on our beliefs.
What is true for you isn't necessarily true for me.
You will get evidence in your world of everything you believe, as will everyone else but no two are the same.
So I think it's the other way around:
our beliefs produce evidence which prove them to be 'true'.
All the best
2007-05-24 05:28:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, the truth is out there, and I'm pretty sure that whatever the truth is, it's true. But at the same time most people believe in religion, so they can't be believing in truth. Yet the truth still exists...
2007-05-24 05:22:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I would have to say the answer is (paradoxically) yes AND no!
Yes... One must believe there to be a *truth* out there to perceive.
No..... One must release there beliefs to perceive it.
Gotta love the game of Hide-n-Seek!
It's just funny how sometimes the best place to hide is right in front of the seeker's eyes. *wink*
Tea anyone?
2007-05-24 06:21:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋