Friday, September 3, 2010
The Authority of Truth
Well, we have certainly had much debate in class on what truth is. Is it a single, underlying truth? Can truth be multiple things (or are there multiple truths)? Maybe you have come to your own conclusion on what truth is, or maybe you haven't. But, could truth possibly tell us itself that it is truth? This idea comes to me from a phrase i have heard many times, "you know truth when you hear it". Is truth something so tangible, so powerful, so real and so TRUE that is it something we cannot miss...something we cannot possibly mistake for anything but the truth? What about when the scriptures say, "When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law." (Matt 7:28-29) What is this authority? Is it indeed truth? But just because it may be truth does not mean everyone recognizes it or accepts it. What are your thoughts on it? Is truth something so true we know it when we hear it? Or is truth something we know based off personal experience and culture?
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I think it's both and neither at the same time. Finding a universal meaning for truth is hard, and I don't think it can be done. Truth is individual, and some individuals know truth when they hear it (or think they do) while others only hold to the truth they have seen and experienced for themselves. But maybe real truth comes to the surface when one's experiences fit with the truth they hear. It's not my place to decide what's true for others; I can only have my own undefinable truth based on my own experiences/what I hear and trust to be true.
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