Monday, September 22, 2008

Truth

Different cultures have different truths.” “A truth is that which can be accepted universally.”
What are the implications for knowledge of agreeing with these opposing statements?

The idea of truth is just like that old garbage saying. "Ones mans trash, is another man's treasure". So, this means that, One person can believe in a certain truth while another either does not, or he believes in the total opposite.
So what I'm saying is the "truth" is very versatile. Truth ties into lots of things; religious beliefs, laws, and just basic personal views.
In my opinion truth can & will never be applied universally. There is always someone who will not agree with something regardless if the rest of the world does. For example, there are millions of people across the nation that do not believe in the heavenly father like i do. I do not hate these people, or look down upon them because of that. It is just a disagreement. Another example would be the politics, or government in the U.S. This is why we vote, because some people may not like the policies and/or views of one presidential candidate but they may just absolutely love every word that comes out of the other candidate's mouth. So one person might say John McCain would be a better president and others might believe Barack Obama would be better. These are both factual truths from that person's point of view.

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