V. L. Vawter
posted by V. L. Vawter @ 4:32 PM
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In Such a Time as This
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
About Me
- Name: V. L. Vawter
- Location: Franklin, IN
I enjoy conversation that challenges the thinking, specifically in the areas of what we believe, why we believe, and the mindset we live by.
3 Comments:
Can you substantiate the claim that 99.9% of people agree on the truth? There seem to be some subjects that people would agree on completely (i.e. murder is wrong) but other subjects where agreement is not even close to 99.9% (i.e. are there many ways to God).
Your comment confuses what is universally accepted as truth versus whether particular statements are true. I’ll explain the distinction in my next article, but the importance is immense. Because so many stumble on whether a particular item is true, they conclude there must be no truth. But another way to approach the problem is to determine if a universal accepted definition of truth exist and, if it does (and it does), then determine if particular statements belong in the universal class. The inductive approach (particulars to universal) is not the only way to come to a conclusion. There is also the deductive (universal to particulars). Unless we start with an agreed upon definition of truth, then we can never determine if it exists. If we couldn’t agree on what “alive” meant, the data conflict between seemingly animate things and inanimate things could lead a person to conclude, “There is no way to know.” This is exactly what has happened with the term Truth.
Christians, enthusiastically but erroneously in argument, will assert, “Jesus is truth” or “the Bible is truth.” To an unbeliever those are particulars. He will counter with other particulars: “Muslims say the same thing … Buddhism proclaims to be the truth.” It becomes a spitting contest of who can defend their particular more forcefully. But logically, a particular does not affirm or deny another particular. Believe it or not, there is a definition of truth that is greater (it encompasses) “The Bible is truth."
If you're interest, check the blog next week.
So in light of all of this conversation - and keep in mind that I am a very simple man, not a philosopher or rocket scientist...what does all of this have to do with PS CS2?
TSS
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