"Onamonaique" Good question. In my response, true meant it is common for many people to choose to ignore the facts. A definition of true could be a factual. It defines the real nature of an object or issue. It differs from opinion which are based on a person's personal feelings. Sometimes it's can be difficult for any of us to tell the difference in a given situation. But there is always one truth. We may interpret it differently depending on culture or predisposition.
WOW, that's so brilliant! Oh my GOD! You are truly, a genius, a gentleman and scholar! This is such a vague question it was just BEGGING for an answer like that. Either something's true or it's not! End of STORY!!!
Truth is by default exclusive and denotes the absence of falsehood. Truth can be deduced, inferred or shown through direct or indirect logical methods. Hippieman, in our world, where people are clamouring to have their say and none can vouch for the veracity of their sayings, your comments on whatever is either true or not sounds at the very least naive. The question is how to prove what is truth and what is not! And having done so, can you secure the acquiescence of your debaters?
To me there are no such things as facts or truth. Just opinions that have strong support or the support that the smart people and absent-minded people seem to overlook
posted over a year ago
That's an interesting thought. Even if I don't believe the same, I can respect it. I find by listening to different points of views it can challenge or strengthen my own. One question, if you don't believe in absolutes, how do you tell right from wrong /good from bad? Not to argue, but just to discuss.
I once read a great argument by C. S. Lewis about truth and absolutes, though I think that it was more about causation, and how God is the Ultimate Truth and Cause of everything.
Still somewhat applies- if God is the Ultimate Truth and Cause, then it stands to reason only things that came from him would be true, suggesting an absolute truth.
posted over a year ago
Which means that there cannot be things true without that absolute truth.
No.
A person might ask about the weather because they were wondering if they need to bring an umbrella or just not go out at all.
You might simply just say "It's raining.", and the person might take it as 'it's raining gently outside', when it's really pounding outside, and go out with just a flimsy umbrella and get soaked to the bone.
because you did not give the full truth, they made a wrong choice, so therefore, you lied. You did not give enough info to suffice their question.
get it? no? eh..it's hard to put this in words >.<
posted over a year ago
Let me sumarize what I think you are saying. There is no such thing as a half truth. Either you tell the whole truth or you tell a lie. If that is what you meant, I agree with you.
