Can't say I've felt more humbled in quite some time. I knew the question wasn't simple, but at this point I have to sit back and take all the information in in a way that allows me to process and analyze, cross-checking against other beliefs and assertions.
Self evident truths, it seems, must exist by the nature they are presented as concepts; when presented in such a way as to be undefinable as untrue concept, they cannot be anything but true.
Speaking of truth, I was asked what I thought truth to be. In all honesty, I had it defined nebulously until now. Having given it considerable thought as to avoid defining "truth" with any variable of the word in the definition (looking at you, douche bag dictionary) I came to the conclusion that truth is the objective, universal explanation of the way things really are. How things exist as they do and how they really interact if they do so at all. To me, this is truth.
Self evident truths, it seems, must exist by the nature they are presented as concepts; when presented in such a way as to be undefinable as untrue concept, they cannot be anything but true.
Speaking of truth, I was asked what I thought truth to be. In all honesty, I had it defined nebulously until now. Having given it considerable thought as to avoid defining "truth" with any variable of the word in the definition (looking at you, douche bag dictionary) I came to the conclusion that truth is the objective, universal explanation of the way things really are. How things exist as they do and how they really interact if they do so at all. To me, this is truth.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
