29 Aug 19
@secondson saidIn terms of supernatural causality, spirituality, morality and such things?
Can you prove that there's no such thing as "immutable truth"?
Why would I have to prove a negative in this way? This is a gimmick.
What "immutable truths" are you claiming you "know"?
If you're just going to label your religious or spiritual beliefs "immutable truths" that doesn't count; that's just you being subjective.
29 Aug 19
@fmf saidOne more thing, do you KNOW there's nothing that can be labeled immutable?
I know you believe that. So what? It doesn't alter the credibility or objectivity of what you believe about spiritual and moral matters [that you happen to believe are "true"] by you attaching labels to them like "immutable".
29 Aug 19
@secondson saidAnd in the realm of religion, spirituality and morality, all you are doing is affixing self-aggrandizing labels to your personal beliefs and/or signalling your certainty and your sincerity with a string of adjectives that you think confer some great significance or emphasis upon what are, after all, merely your personal opinions.
I'm only simply trying to have an objective discussion about the nature and attributes of what is labeled "truth".
29 Aug 19
@secondson saidWhen it comes to spiritual matters, I believe everything you and I say is subjective, so for me to use the word "know" in such a way - as in, I know that what I believe is an immutable truth - would not work, obviously. I am pretty certain about the things I believe but no matter how certain I am, I do not lose track of the fact that this is all in the realm of subjectivity.
One more thing, do you KNOW there's nothing that can be labeled immutable?
29 Aug 19
@secondson saidI am discussing whether anything is achieved by attaching the label "immutable truth" to personal opinions about supernatural, spiritual and moral matters.
We're discussing whether or not there is such a thing as immutable anything.
29 Aug 19
@fmf saidAnd with that you are effectively derailing an objective discussion about what may or may not be immutable, or whether or not there is such a thing.
And in the realm of religion, spirituality and morality, all you are doing is affixing self-aggrandizing labels to your personal beliefs and/or signalling your certainty and your sincerity with a string of adjectives that you think confer some great significance or emphasis upon what are, after all, merely your personal opinions.
Setting aside any discussion relative to the supernatural with regards to the immutable, why not, by reason and logic, ferret out whether there be any such thing as objective and immutable truth?
Clearly there is, and there are many examples.
29 Aug 19
@fmf saidI'm not. I'm discussing whether or not there are immutable truths.
I am discussing whether anything is achieved by attaching the label "immutable truth" to personal opinions about supernatural, spiritual and moral matters.
At the start of this thread I did make reference to "God's truth", but the discussion has evolved.
29 Aug 19
@secondson saidI have no reason to believe that any of the stuff you claim about God or Jesus or "sin" or "everlasting life" or other tenets of your religion are "immutable truths" or that they can be compared to gravity. But I understand why it's important to you to believe they are "immutable truths" and to assert that they are.
And with that you are effectively derailing an objective discussion about what may or may not be immutable, or whether or not there is such a thing.
29 Aug 19
@secondson saidNo, I am not setting it aside. If I wanted to discuss things like gravity, I'd be on the Science Forum.
Setting aside any discussion relative to the supernatural with regards to the immutable, why not, by reason and logic, ferret out whether there be any such thing as objective and immutable truth?
29 Aug 19
@secondson saidI believe every personal opinion you have about "God's truth" is a product of your conjecture, aspiration and subjectivity.
At the start of this thread I did make reference to "God's truth", but the discussion has evolved.
29 Aug 19
@kellyjay saidAre your “opinions” about the literal multi-headed beasts being ridden by literal whores wearing cloaks dipped in the literal blood of Christians - open to scrutiny as opinions, or are they “absolute truth”?
I would agree, if we are talking opinions that may vary, but truth no.
29 Aug 19
@dj2becker said"Truth that is defined as being absolute, possesses the following qualities."
Truth that is defined as being absolute, possesses the following qualities.
• Truth is discovered not invented
• Truth is transcultural: it can be conveyed across different cultures.
• Truth is unchanging: it can be conveyed across time.
• Beliefs cannot change a truth statement no matter how sincere one may be
• Truth is unaffected by the attitude of the one profess ...[text shortened]... ee or disagree with and why?
https://evidenceandanswers.org/article/truth-absolute-or-relative/
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"• All Truths are absolute"
Isn't this a circular definition?
29 Aug 19
@bigdoggproblem saidWill the law of non-contradiction always apply to the truth?
"Truth that is defined as being absolute, possesses the following qualities."
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"• All Truths are absolute"
Isn't this a circular definition?
I think it will, as it would to anything absolute.
That is why I put the smiley face on saying the truth statement; there is no such thing as truth, which becomes a self-contractionary statement on its face.
Since even making a truth statement about truth not being real is a contradiction, we should be able to see that real truths that have nothing to do with our opinions, and our opinions do not alter real truths only opinions.