Do you believe in absolute truth? If not, why?
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What absolute truth are you talking about? I believe in Jehovah God as my Heavenly Father & Jesus Christ as His son. I believe that the Holy Spirit is Jehovah's active force.
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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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Simple answer:\n\nThe definition of truth entails that it is absolute. Truth is defined as "that which conforms to reality." An absolute truth is true, relative to the situation, in all places, and at all times.\n\nSo for example, right now I'm sitting at my computer in NY at 12:32 AM typing this answer. That is an absolute truth. It is true anywhere in the world right now that I'm typing at my computer in NY at 12:32 AM relative to me. It is true a 1,000 light years from here. It will be true 1,000 years from now and was true 1,000 years ago that at this moment in time at 12:32 AM in NY I am typing this answer at my computer right now. That is absolutely true. It cannot be refuted.\n\nSo an absolute truth is any fact that conforms to reality which makes it true anywhere in the universe at any time for all time.\n\nAs to which religion "owns" the truth I must side with Biblical Christianity since it is the only religion that is confirmed not only with dozens of properties but also by the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus being resurrected proved that He was God. Jesus claimed that the Old and New Testaments were both the truth. As God that means that they must be. \n\nBiblical Christianity is also the only religion that can be historically verified.\n\nhope this helps.
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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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By asking whether this statement is an absolute truth,  'All truth is relative', the answer emerges that truth can be absolute.\n\nParticular truths appear relative without an absolute standard.  Once the standard is known, the relationship of the particulars can be known and a pattern emerges.  \n\nAbsolute truth has been likened to an island in a sea of chaos.  For us earthlings, God is the standard; without knowledge of Him, we are lost in a sea of chaotic relativism.\n\nWe come to know God through Jesus Christ:  John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me".  We are also put on solid ground via His words. John 17:17 "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth".
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I agree,.... no one should ever assume they have it all right. Every denomination or every religion is the product of someone interpretting something different than the guy before. Im a Christian and I see other Christians faithfully following doctrines that I have no idea how they can believe it in light of scripture. Im sure many would see some of my beliefs as false too. Fact being, we do not accept anything as truth that we do not understand so we change what we're told into something we can understand. However it doesnt change what IS Truth. I think our best bet is to realise we cant get it all right and just be open to learn.
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'truth' (or fact) is simply the perception of the individual.  If someone really believes in something then it is 'fact' for them even if it is fundamentally illogical for others.\n\nI do have a problem when some religious people abuse people for not believing although I think they are the minority.  \n\nLive and let live, if someone wants to believe in the God, the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot that's cool with me as long as they don't abuse me for not.\n\nPeace out.
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truth wins\nwhere is truth?
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I believe SO many things Fryedaddy! \n\nOk, I'm an atheist.  I believe it's very important that we believe in things that are likely true because we have a very short life on this earth.  I want to believe in things that are true, no matter how painful, than things that are untrue but just make me feel cozy.\n\nIf I chose my reality on what made me happiest...right now Ewan McGregor and Gerard Way are harboring killer crushes on me.  :D
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of course i believe you?\nare there any reasons for me not to believe you?
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Yes i believe in God. I believe in God because there is so much proof. If you read the book "A Case for Christ" then you would see all the proof you need. Any other religious person here would agree that if you studied your Bible then you would definitely believe what you read. I have studied the Bible and I believe what I read.
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Wow, if anyone really had the answer to this, they would win the Nobel Peace Prize, because we could settle the issue of truth once and for all.  The people who are wrong would have to admit, "oh...so THAT'S the truth", and the world's problems would be solved.\n\nNot everything can be truth.  Truth, by definition, must be an absolute, because anying that is different from truth, is by default not true anymore.  For example, if it really is the truth is that Jesus died for our sins, then any ideas that say otherwise cannot also be truth.  Therefore, anyone who says that it is o.k. for everyone to have their own truth also thinks that it is o.k. for a lot of people to be walking around deluded by lies.  \n\nWhy do people care so much about the truth???  There definitely seems to be something inside of us that longs to know the truth, or else there would not be people fighting over this.  Is it just an evolutionary advantage to want to know the truth?  The way people kill for what they perceive as truth would seem to contradict this.  To understand what "The Truth" actually  is, I think we may first need to find out why we are so driven to find the truth.\n\nI am tempted to say that truth is written on our consciences, and we need to tap into that, but this sounds a little wishy-washy, because obviously the practice of finding out what is inside of us has resulted in a lot of people claiming that contradictory things are all truths.  Islam and Hinduism can't both be true, for example, and I am sure that there are Muslims and Hindus that both believe they have the truth.\n\nWhen it all comes down to it, I think that we have to admit that we have to earnestly seek truth.  This is hard, because our past experiences with our families and cultures may alter this search.  I think that if we examine what people say in different religions, including atheism, with a mind that is both critical and earnestly seeking, then we can elminate things that don't make sense, and eventually find "The Truth'.   If we just accept our religion based on thoughts like "That's what everyone here believes", or "That's the way my parents raised me", or "I'm afraid I'll go to Hell", or "I'm most comfortable here," ; then we really haven't found truth, and our search must continue.  \n\nIf there is a higher being that loves you and cares for you, and you ask this being for guidance to know the truth, and you seriously mean that you want the truth (and not just an affirmation that whatever you were doing before was right), if this being really exists, he WILL help you find the truth.  If he doesn't exist, the search continues....
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I ask because I'm constantly searching for the truth. Nobody has given me sufficient proof to end my search.
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It's not up to us to make you "see" the truth or accept it.  I can tell you the Good News of Jesus Christ, but it's His job to work on your heart.  My entire faith is based on Scripture.  It's all there, in black and white.  That is the proof I need.  That, and the changes in my life since I became a believer.  If you don't accept it, you won't understand it.  God bless you.
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Yes. That's the trouble with BELIEF. You accept something on faith, whether it makes sense or whether there's any proof at all.
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Lies may cover the truth but the truth will still exist. Lies do not drive the truth out of existence their effect is simply to mislead from the truth.\n\nHave you not considered that the existence of lies requires the existence of truth ?\n\nIf there is no truth how can there be a lie to it ?\n\nWhat you say is a cop out from weighing the evidence.
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Do You want evidence?\n\nOr a simple answer?\n\nEphesians 4:5