Sunday, October 25, 2009

Absolute Truth

I believe that there is a fixed truth in this world. This truth is absolute, and unaffected by bias. It conflicts with opinions and perspective, so these concepts must be seperate. Opinions, bias, perspective, and anything that pertains to this category should not be considered the truth, because they are not consistent. They are just products of our senses, memories, emotions, which is never 100 percent reliable, unlike the truth. Our senses, and relating aspects, are not impervious to deception. Keen perception and discretion may see some parts of the absolute truth, but never everything, nobody is omniscient. If we state that subjective or relative truth is correct than we are saying that everything can be the truth. Lies can be considered the truth, or mind games can be considered the truth. I don't think that anything can be the truth and right. But I am not 100% confident about the absolute truth. The concept that diverts me from the absolute truth is morals. I can not confidently state that the world was created with a certain set of morals. Humans are never sure what is right or wrong, so they rely on their religion to guide them. Our transgressions might be a part of life and is just a natural process that can't be avoided. Morals may be absolute, but if it is, is it Christianity, Buddhist, Muslim, or can it be subjective? I can not fully support absolute truth with a subjective perspective. But I am sure that there is an absolute truth in the world that pertains to "what happened" and "how it happened".
Subjective truth is a belief that whatever an individual believes or thinks is right. It is saying that every ounce of imagination processing in the trillions of people living on this planet is true, and that any lie can be considered the truth. I don't believe that anything can be the truth. At a party, a girl may unknowingly spill a drink on her shirt, but thinks that the boy next to her spilled it. Everybody at the party saw that she spilled the drink, but the girl might refuse to accept what really happened and say that the boy did it. And an example of how it happened, could be gravity. Some people would believe in the theory of relativity, or people could traditionally believe in just Newton's theory, and some may believe something they came up with their own mind. We can't say everything is right. Maybe gravity works partly from the idea of theory of relativity and partly about Newton's theory; maybe it is none of these; the truth of gravity may be a knowledge in the universe that humans have not acquired or established.
Relative truth is the truth that relies on the generation. The concept is similar to subjective, but it relies on a broader perspective. I can not fully believe in the relative truth because of periods of slavery and feminist restraints. Before the 1900s women were not allowed to vote, because men was still seen as our superiors. I can not agree that as a truth it was a justifiable thing to do.
It is difficult for people to decide what is the real truth, because we have been taught countless fallacies and multifolds of opinions. I believe there is an absolute truth in a certain area. I still can not fathom how it can work in every angle, but I am trying to understand what is the truth.

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