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Christian?
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How would you define truth? Also, do godless philosophers have a different definition of truth than a philosopher who is a
Christian?
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I would say truth is that which conforms to reality. See also this thread: Does truth cohere or correspond?
Caleb
Trinity Baptist Church
Spokane, WA
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Truth is the opposite of a lie.
Robin
Robin
Christ Reformed Church, Anaheim, CA
Laity, under the care of Pastor, Kim Riddlebarger
Heidelberg, Ursinus, Belgic Confessions; Canons of Dordt
Revelation 14:2
Puritanboard Junior
Truth is what God thinks.
Jim
Jim
An Elder, Harvest Reformed Church (RCUS),Minot, ND
http://www.harvestreformedchurch.org/
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Upon a life I did not live; upon a death I did not die, Another's death, Another's life, I'd rest my soul eternally
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Truth is that which is reasonably unfalsifiable.
-JD
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Our Lord is the truth (Jn 14:6). So yes, godless philosophers have a different definition.
Larry Bray
Elder - Reformed Presbyterian Church of Boothwyn, PCA
Boothwyn, PA - http://www.rpcb.org/
Free Online Reformed Seminary - http://www.tnars.net
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It's seems easier to define what true is. A truth is a true statement.
One way to define true is as a quality of a statement. It is a case of having a statement which is deducible from prior true statements. But a true statement can also be assumed true without being shown true from prior statements - but from which no contradiction to other true statements can be deduced.
Logically, I think of a true statement only as it is true in relationship to other statements. And a statement can be true with regard to one statement, and false with regard to another. In that sense, the truth of a statement is relative. Is it true to with respect to reality, experience, Scripture, intuition, the axioms of Euclidean geometry, the story line of the Hobbit?
R. Anthony Coletti
Midway Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Jonesborough, TN
[i]et venite et arguite me dicit Dominus[/i]
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