Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:26 pm
Well it wouldn't matter what we called the earth's shape, really- I was just saying that the earth has a shape (even if it was a cube), and I don't think that we can pin it down to absolutely prove it as being whatever we say it is. Because of relativity.Cable Guy wrote:I see what you mean, but what if we were convinced a sphere was actually a cube (i.e. Cy's math thingy)?
Well, I think there's a way to dispute that, but I don't know howH Rock wrote:OO + OO = OOOO
OK, we all say this means: 2 + 2 = 4. Now, whatever number you assign to mean 2 and 4, those numbers will always stay the same. In other words, if instead of saying 2, you said H, and and instead of 4 you Z. H + H = Z. Whatever sounds you assign to mean 2 and 4, the answer is still the same. Do you get what I mean?
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Cable Guy wrote:There is no absolute TRUTH in the world, someone will always find fault with something (i.e. the KKK and WWII, if I remember my teacher correctly). The thing that we call TRUTH is actually just FAITH, we BELIEVE that it's 'TRUE'.
Cyanide wrote:The only truth that I can see is in a few intangibles, such as love, for example.
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I've been raised in a Christian household, and we've always talked about God etc. But I don't actually know that much...I've never read the Bible in its entirety. Plus, there's way more to God than is contained in the Bible IMO...I'm just trying to put together things I've been learning. I like what Ghandi said: "I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills."Cable Guy wrote:That's pretty much what I was trying to say, except I don't have extensive Bible knowledge. If you don't mind me asking bullsfan, how/why do you know so much about the Bible?
mercyless41 wrote:there is the truth, there is ur personal truth, there is the majority truth and the scientific truth. if u can abstract urself from ur culture, ur society, ur feelings, ur education, and think objectively and logically u can reach the truth. but we warned, truth hurts! thats why humanity works more on the majority truth than in real truth.
Yeah me too...it makes it so you can apply it to life...love is something we all can relate to (hopefully!)Cyanide wrote:I like it when I hear "God is love" because that shows that God is beyond a white-bearded man, but actually a concept.
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Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:49 pm
Truth in our world is relative (maybe completely, but at least mostly), despite our wishes to have certainty and to feel justified/be right in our actions. If there is really truth, it would have to be outside of the relative time & space that we live in and are confined to.
Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:47 am
H Rock wrote:Truth in our world is relative (maybe completely, but at least mostly), despite our wishes to have certainty and to feel justified/be right in our actions. If there is really truth, it would have to be outside of the relative time & space that we live in and are confined to.
Actually, as a Christian, I disagree with that. For example, God said that thou shalt not commit adultery. That is a truth. Obviously, for a non-Christian, that wouldn't be so, but for a Christian, that is a truth. At least it should be.
Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:55 pm
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That's his point, though. Truth is relative, and you as a Christian disagree with adultery, and that's your belief; however, others who engage in adultery and agree with it for reasons such as sexual diversity and enrichment or whatever. Personally, I disagree with adultery 100%, but that doesn't make it a truth if there are others who are happy with it.
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Slavery used to be legal, and I'm sure many other things that most people today consider to be bad were in some places at some time legal.H Rock wrote:Tell me, if the statement "Murder is wrong" is considered a belief, where would the world be now? If truth is relative, then why do we have laws, because laws need to be true to be effective.
Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:55 am
koberulz wrote:PHX4LIFE wrote:koberulz wrote:Kobe never raped anyone, if thats what you're talking about.
Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:17 pm
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DaTruth36 wrote:koberulz wrote:PHX4LIFE wrote:koberulz wrote:Kobe never raped anyone, if thats what you're talking about.
You would know how? Ah, yes, you're a Kobe fan.
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