tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483506547740889634.post3386002017839045879..comments2024-03-24T02:22:32.520-07:00Comments on Fragrance of Thought : What is Truth?Peggy Shumwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531363436107562992noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483506547740889634.post-57390235289915061112009-11-28T20:39:51.430-08:002009-11-28T20:39:51.430-08:00I apologize,as my comment above is filled with typ...I apologize,as my comment above is filled with typos. I hope the content can still be gleaned.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074037508286370596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483506547740889634.post-70656417162267881412009-11-28T20:36:26.637-08:002009-11-28T20:36:26.637-08:00The timing of this post is interesting, as I just ...The timing of this post is interesting, as I just had the same conflict with a new family member. His view was similiar to that of your son's. Our conversation initiated with truth, as relates to "right versus wrong", and the concept of absolutes found therein. The question was, "Are there absolutes or it everything relative?" My premise is if there are no absolutes, then, we face the slippery slope destruction of the left's espoused relativism. Under such ideology, anything is acceptable as long as it is acceptable! Whow! Imagine such a world! Well, I guess we don't have to imagine it, as we are now living in it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074037508286370596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483506547740889634.post-24256611254896548302009-11-28T19:46:55.651-08:002009-11-28T19:46:55.651-08:00You are a deep thinker. I am not sure where truth ...You are a deep thinker. I am not sure where truth comes from. I guess it is kind of like asking where God comes from. We do not have an eternal perspective on things in our mortal state, so we do not know where truth begins and ends, nor where God began or will end. This is where faith comes into play.Rebecca Irvinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156262858446400612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483506547740889634.post-26814856241272562272009-11-28T16:34:05.157-08:002009-11-28T16:34:05.157-08:00I think I'm a very simple person. I believe th...I think I'm a very simple person. I believe that God has ordained mankind to live under His laws, and according to His truth, which I believe to be absolute. Each person on earth has their moral agency to follow the laws of God or not, and they will be judged and assigned a final home according to their intents and works here on earth. <br /><br />For some reason, I've never been tempted out of that viewpoint.Marsha Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483506547740889634.post-58804873375329835152009-11-28T09:34:59.623-08:002009-11-28T09:34:59.623-08:00John 1: 17 "For the law was given by Moses, b...John 1: 17 "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." / 1 Nephi: 16: 2 The guilty take the truth to be hard." There are many scriptures on truth.<br />I like to check secular sources like Websters Dictionary. 1.a. archaic: fidelity; constancy; b. constancy in action, character and utterance.<br /> 2a. (1) the state of being the case: fact. (2) The body of real things, events and facts: actuality. (this would be a scientific approach I guess) (3) often capatilized: a trascendent or spiritual reality, b. a judgment, proposition or idea that is true or accepted as true truths of thermodynamics c. the body of true statements and propositions.<br />3. a.the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality. c: fidelity to an original or a standard.<br />I personally feel that truth is strongly connected to belief and faith. If you do not have faith in the truth, how can you know it?<br />If someone doesn't believe something is the truth, doesn't make it untrue - they just don't acknowledge it.<br />Best wishes on your novel.<br />MargaretRachel Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715887233622600073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483506547740889634.post-16811555909257777992009-11-28T06:54:29.427-08:002009-11-28T06:54:29.427-08:00It's an interesting thought. I like to look at...It's an interesting thought. I like to look at it the same way as the thescriptures explaine the kingdoms of glory,just as you will inherit the amount of happyness you can understand, so to with truth. You gain the amount of truth you can understand. Anotherwords your understanding of truth depends upon your experience and understanding of Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Not knowing that truth affects your view of all other truth.Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031524205974204614noreply@blogger.com