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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truth
Even the definition has the word "accepted" in it. So is that enough? Does the truth come from a 5 year old child? Something your mamma told you? Is it "just because it's always been that way"? Is it culture? (everyone else does it, must be OK) - your heart? or does it come from the Bible? And - if it's from the bible, by whose interpretation?
My answer is in the bible and the more I read and understand what I believe is the inspired word of God, the more I see the truth.
Even the definition has the word "accepted" in it. So is that enough? Does the truth come from a 5 year old child? Something your mamma told you? Is it "just because it's always been that way"? Is it culture? (everyone else does it, must be OK) - your heart? or does it come from the Bible? And - if it's from the bible, by whose interpretation?
My answer is in the bible and the more I read and understand what I believe is the inspired word of God, the more I see the truth.
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CMSgt Mark Schubert truth is absolute and is true whether anybody or nobody believes it. The Word of God is true. I do my best to live by its precepts and admonitions. By God's grace I am sustained. The Holy Spirit of God illumines the truth of the Word of God to each believer and He guides and directs our steps.
There are other truths which have been determined within God's creation. Mathematical proofs and axioms are examples of this. This truths are limited in scope but sufficient for basing knowledge upon them.
Scientific experiments using the null hypothesis are useful in understanding what is "true" for repeatable experiments such as the temperature that water boils or freezes relative to elevation above and below sea level.
There are more relative truths than we could number. Some are very useful such as language, alphabets, measuring systems, etc.
Truth is linked at the hip to knowledge which helps us recognize true statements.
"Defined narrowly, epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified belief. As the study of knowledge, epistemology is concerned with the following questions: What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge? What are its sources? What is its structure, and what are its limits? As the study of justified belief, epistemology aims to answer questions such as: How we are to understand the concept of justification? What makes justified beliefs justified? Is justification internal or external to one's own mind? Understood more broadly, epistemology is about issues having to do with the creation and dissemination of knowledge in particular areas of inquiry. This article will provide a systematic overview of the problems that the questions above raise and focus in some depth on issues relating to the structure and the limits of knowledge and justification."
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
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There are other truths which have been determined within God's creation. Mathematical proofs and axioms are examples of this. This truths are limited in scope but sufficient for basing knowledge upon them.
Scientific experiments using the null hypothesis are useful in understanding what is "true" for repeatable experiments such as the temperature that water boils or freezes relative to elevation above and below sea level.
There are more relative truths than we could number. Some are very useful such as language, alphabets, measuring systems, etc.
Truth is linked at the hip to knowledge which helps us recognize true statements.
"Defined narrowly, epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified belief. As the study of knowledge, epistemology is concerned with the following questions: What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge? What are its sources? What is its structure, and what are its limits? As the study of justified belief, epistemology aims to answer questions such as: How we are to understand the concept of justification? What makes justified beliefs justified? Is justification internal or external to one's own mind? Understood more broadly, epistemology is about issues having to do with the creation and dissemination of knowledge in particular areas of inquiry. This article will provide a systematic overview of the problems that the questions above raise and focus in some depth on issues relating to the structure and the limits of knowledge and justification."
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
LTC Stephen C., SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4", SGT Forrest Stewart, SGT Robert Hawks, SGT (Join to see), SPC (Join to see),
CH (COL) Geoff Bailey, SSG Selwyn Bodley, COL Mikel J. Burroughs, 2LT (Join to see), SFC (Join to see), CPL Doug Hill, LTJG Robert M., CW5 Charlie Poulton, SSG (Join to see)
Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Defined narrowly, epistemology is the study of knowledge andjustified belief. As the study of knowledge, epistemology is concernedwith the following questions: What are the necessary and sufficientconditions of knowledge? What are its sources? What is its structure,and what are its limits? As the study of justified belief, epistemologyaims to answer questions such as: How we are to understand the conceptof justification? What makes justified...
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First a reference for you:Recommended Resources: True Truth: Defending Absolute Truth in a Relativistic World by Art Lindsley and Logos Bible Software.
My answer to truth: My Lord Christ Jesus!
My answer to truth: My Lord Christ Jesus!
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Truth, to me, is what is real - reality. Reality is what can be theorized, demonstrated, tested, or COULD be tested and validated with reasonable future technologies. Reality is not what came from our mothers and fathers. It is not old wives tales or ancient mythologies. I accept that there are things that I think are "reality" which probably are not - and I will willingly admit to those changes when the evidence is there to do so. I will not change the things I think are "real" without evidence. I will not change what I think are "real" for my personal comfort, ambitions, or hopes and dreams.
I try to act in the way that I would want others to act in a similar situation.
I try to act in the way that I would want others to act in a similar situation.
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