Do you believe that there is an absolute truth?
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What Is the Truth?\nAt John 17:3 Jesus is praying to his father, and He says "you are the only true God."  He spoke the truth.\n\nSo let us leave the murky waters of relativism and examine briefly what the Bible describes as the pure waters of truth. (John 4:14; Revelation 22:17) In the Bible, “truth” is not at all like the abstract, intangible concept over which philosophers debate.\n\nWhen Jesus said that his whole purpose in life was to talk about the truth, he was speaking of something that faithful Jews had valued for centuries. In their sacred writings, the Jews had long read of “truth” as something concrete, not theoretical. In the Bible, “truth” translates the Hebrew word “’emeth′,” which signifies that which is firm, solid, and, perhaps most of all, reliable.\n\nMANY religious organizations claim to have the truth, and they offer it eagerly to others. However, between them they offer a dizzying profusion of “truths.” Is this just another evidence that all truths are relative, that there are no absolute truths? No.\n\nIn his book The Art of Thinking, Professor V. R. Ruggiero expresses his surprise that even intelligent people sometimes say that truth is relative. He reasons: “If everyone makes his own truth, then no person’s idea can be better than another’s. All must be equal. And if all ideas are equal, what is the point in researching any subject? Why dig in the ground for answers to archeological questions? Why probe the causes of tension in the Middle East? Why search for a cancer cure? Why explore the galaxy? These activities make sense only if some answers are better than others, if truth is something separate from, and unaffected by, individual perspectives.”\n\nIn fact, no one really believes that there is no truth. When it comes to physical realities, such as medicine, mathematics, or the laws of physics, even the staunchest relativist will believe that some things are true. Who of us would dare to ride in an airplane if we did not think that the laws of aerodynamics were absolute truths? Verifiable truths do exist; they surround us, and we stake our lives on them.\n\nTruth is Truth, you cannot change it
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i wuld wanna find out the truth. but there arent always answers to the problems we're trying to resolve. i've learned that u dont always get answers u want. ultimately, it matters wat YOU believe is rite or rong, not wat other ppl think of ur belief
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What does it mean to be "true"? The quantum theory (I suppose that's what you're asking about) can explain a lot of physical experiments, so, up to a certain extent, it has been proven true. It is also the truest physical theory for small scales up to today.\nScience isn't about finding absolute truths, it's about providing a description of reality that suits your needs. Take newton's gravity laws for example: while proven false in absolute by einstein's relativity, they are still really useful and tought in many places.\nOf course the goal is to one day provide a theory (a description of reality, not "a guess") that explains everything, but for now that's still a dream.
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It depends whether you belive that absolute truth exists, or if truth is subjective.  Absolute truth would say there are definite rights and wrongs, but subjective truth would say that it was 'his truth' that it was good what he was doing. Liberal society today is desperately trying to make peace by saying there are no absolute truths and that every thing must be tolerated except intolerance. However, most of us are good at being absolute on some things and subjective where it suits us.  Think on this though: If I were to say that the earth is not spherical but flat, then that would be 'my truth' but it would be wrong. Absolute truth does exist, both scientifically and morally, and I think we have a responsibility to look for it.
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to know the ultimate truth; the reality.
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Falsehood has existence. It does exist so long as it is unfolded and the Truth emerges out of it. It is Francis Bacon who said that Truth emerges more from errors than from confusion.
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Absolute. It is a chance to grow and learn from it. \nI believe that it is one of the reason why we are here,\nand live our <journey>, meet the right people at the right \ntime,be at the place at the right time ,to accomplish\nwhat we have to.(Even if we don't like it ,sometimes.)\nThat's the miracle of life.
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Truth is within. You can only get it from that source.
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If you are telling the truth, then the statement, "Everything I tell you is a lie," is a lie itself.  If you are lying, then the statement would actually be true...which brings us back to you telling the truth.  It's all just one big circle that never, ever ends!
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No, I don't believe in absolute truth when it comes to spirituality.\n\nMen came into existence due to the natural evolutionary process.\n\nI have never died and lived to tell about it so I don't know what happens when we die. Maybe we're just worm food, maybe we are reborn, and definitely our matter changes form and goes back from whence it came. Whether or not consciousness lives on after death - I don't know. I guess I'll eventually find out.
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I believe there must be one absolue truth.  I belive in God and am a Christian. I believe the Bible is this truth.  Jesus was the way the truth and the life.  Jesus proclaimed the truth. If I ever have a question about anything - I do belive there is an absolute answer for it...it just needs to be found.  \n\nIf you ask how do I know I am correct about God and the bible being true.  I would answer experience with God, feeling His presence and power I cannot deny His existence.  For me it would be like denying the existance of gravity.
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Believing is one thing.  Knowing is another.  As most people have said in here, yes you can believe in whatever you want.  That doesn't make it the truth.  And NO, not everyone has to believe in something.  What everyone should have is the knowledge of the truth and the openmindedness to receive the truth.  Not mumbo jumbo from books that you just accept as your truth.
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The more important question is Do YOU believe in these things. A little advice, and I DO speak from experience...be careful what you ask for, and what you search for. If you really want to learn about such things you must search for the answers yourself and decide whether or not what you find out rings true. \n\nYou are right...We do indeed live in a world that is not what it appears to be...but what is truth and what are lies, and what is myth...all of these things are completely different (obviously). It is you, though, who decides this. Do not let anyone else tell you otherwise. Some people are very closed minded.
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Any religion you make to be true will of course be true.  What is truth?
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That there isn't any Absolute at all
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It's easy, no one can dispute the fact that I don't know something when I in fact don't. Admitting you do not know a thing when you don't is the highest form of truth there is. Assumption of truth with out proof is irrational.
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no. truth is truth, never subjective, otherwise it is just opinion, where the majority may prevail