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Old 09-27-2007, 06:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default What is Truth?

There are many interpretations of truth, I think it is the cause of many religious constructs in existence today. At the core of it all, life in general, what is truth?

I can look and see the color brown, someone in another part of the world, may only see a shoe, as such, we're both right, (if I'm indeed looking at a shoe), which statement is true? Well, clearly they both are. It's obvious there is some misinterpretation of the language being used, but that is a separate topic (I think). What rings true to every man, woman, child, regardless of race or religion? Is it just the distinction of love and hate? Beauty and tarnish? or is even that too subjective, to the perception of the one perceiving? Does the description of truth stop at being a "law of the universe"? Or for the theists, is that distinction the only "truth" we have for the existence of a god?

It has been my frustration in communication to define this, it seems communication either comes down to misinterpretation of words or a misinterpretation of what truth IS. Is truth ultimately subjective? Or is truth not ultimate?
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