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Does objective truth mean the existence of absolute truth?

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Does objective truth mean the existence of absolute truth?
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Does objective truth mean the existence of absolute truth?
August 9, 2010 at 7:12 am
Through logic objective truth appears to exist. To claim otherwise, that truth is relative, is to make a statement of objective truth, hence contradicting the claim that truth is relative and affirming that it is in fact objective. Likewise, to claim that truth is unknowable is also self-contradictory because to claim to know that truth is unknowable is making a claim to know truth. What we believe can change but truth itself does not change. One can believe that 2+2=5 but the truth will remain that 2+2=4. If truth is objective and does not change depending upon our beliefs then doesn't that imply that an absolute truth that is knowable does in fact exist even if we are unable to understand it in its totality. And if absolute truth exists that is exclusive of all untruth, doesn't that imply the existence of a state of being or realm of absolute truth, perhaps one which we could call God.
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Does objective truth mean the existence of absolute truth? - by rybak303 - August 9, 2010 at 7:12 am

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