Are There No Objective Truths? [Spirituality & Religion]

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In a fallen world, Truth hurts but Truth can also heal. Object truth is real.

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LadyGrace Best Comment

Amen, Brother. Subjective truth can warp a person’s view of themselves, and the world. We need objective truth — God’s truth — to keep us from spiraling into total narcissistic self-absorption. We need God’s truth, to keep things [i]real[/i].

GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M

@LadyGrace [quote]Amen, Brother. Subjective truth can warp a person’s view of themselves, and the world. We need objective truth — God’s truth — to keep us from spiraling into total narcissistic self-absorption. We need God’s truth, to keep things real.[/quote]

Amen, sister, amen.

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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@GodSpeed63 you said to accept the obvious answer and let it go at that

Therefore you advocate a position that the Sun orbits the Earth

Or do you no longer advocate for blind acceptance of the obvious?

Or do you want blind acceptance of the obvious only when it suits your self-serving purposes?

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@Sharon He’s just running away, as usual

Waste of good electrons

Bushranger · 70-79, M

@Sharon [quote]I think he feigns ignorance when he's stuck for an answer, unless he really is that stupid.[/quote]

I seriously don't think he is feigning ignorance and yes, I this he really is that stupid.

hartfire

Facts are always truth.

Unfortunately the word [i]truth[/i] has two meanings:

Oxford English Dictionary -
1. That which is true or in accordance with fact or reality.

1.2 A fact or belief that is accepted as true.

If something is simply widely accepted as true - for instance by a very large number of Christians, Hindus, Animists or Confucianist - then even if it has dubious factual support and is moot, it is still considered linguistically valid to call [i]a[/i] truth.
This has legal implications, for instance, when people swear on the Bible before giving testimony in court.

Personally, I can't accept anything as truth unless it can be proven to be a fact.

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GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M

@hartfire [quote]And part of the problem is that early to mid-level religious education never includes the teaching of logical thought or the rules of evidence.[/quote]

According to whom?

LeopoldBloom · M

@GodSpeed63 According to their class curricula.

GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M

@LeopoldBloom [quote]According to their class curricula.[/quote]

Their class curricula doesn't count, it's not sound.

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