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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Is Truth Absolute, Relative, or Subjective?

I believe that all truth is relative. Everything is related to how different people perceive things, and how the culture influences them. There is no such thing as an absolute truth, because everything is based on everyone's way of thinking and perceiving things.

Our truth is in actuality related to us and what we do. Also, people come up with these truths based on how they perceive things and how they feel about something. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and truths. Do some people, due to their culture, cannibalism might be something that is a very regular thing to do. However, in places like Britain or America, it is an illegal action, and it is looked down upon by society. All cultures and such are different, and the reason why they are different is because to their won country, whatever custom or way of thinking may be right to how they are thinking in its own way.

Also, our truth has to deal with the way we feel. Based on our emotions and feelings towards certain things, we can make bad judgment. Also, one can look at something, and give it a misjudgment just because that person was not feeling well or something. When someone simply sounds like they know what they are talking about, we tend to believe them more, simply because of their tone. So to someone, when a man is saying something with a lot of sympathy in his voice, it might seem like he is really sincere. However, to another person, it may seem like the man is just trying to gain attention, and in reality, they are not sad at all.

If truth is said to be absolute, how do we know for sure that it is absolute? People simply say that they know it's true, when it is something that is true to them. In example, Jews believe that there is only one God, and no trinity, while the Christians believe that there actually is a trinity and only one God at the same time. Both believe that their truth was the absolute truth. However, looking at this from an Atheist point of view, it seems as if both religions are just trying to push their relative truths, not the absolute truth. That is how it is for all things. What might seem like the absolute truth for one person might not be the absolute truth at all.

If truth was to be subjective, that means that only the person’s individual truth matters, and it’s not the actual relative truth that matters. However, one might say that something is red when in actuality, it is green because the person is colour-blind. Also, someone might say that it’s all about the individual, so if someone does not see a tree falling in the middle of a forest, they do not acknowledge it when it had actually happened. However, others were there to witness it, and they had seen it fall. This is just like being overly skeptical, not believing in anything that anyone else is telling you.

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