tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271329589936347.post4754635186666516888..comments2023-04-25T11:15:08.515-04:00Comments on Science & Religion Today: Can Many Religions All Be True?Heather Waxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15610116462331794810noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271329589936347.post-21756464428863570642009-04-29T13:46:00.000-04:002009-04-29T13:46:00.000-04:00Is the Virgin birth of Christ truth or fact?
Is Mo...Is the Virgin birth of Christ truth or fact?<br />Is Mose's conversation with Yahweh truth or fact?<br />Is Mohammed's reception of the Koran from Gabriel truth or fact?<br />Is the revelation of the Gita by Krishna to Arjuna truth or fact?<br />All these are truths to millions of (different) People.<br />There may not be too many scientists who will regard any of these as facts.<br />That said, I respect your version of truth, and your impression that what I have stated is obfuscation because those are truths for you.<br />I will grant that mine is only my interpretation of what truth seems to be to billions of people.<br />And you are welcome to reject it and accept as truth that which you find to be more fulfilling.V.V. Ramannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271329589936347.post-416312434891768062009-04-27T03:31:00.000-04:002009-04-27T03:31:00.000-04:00"According to Raman, an endopotent truth is any be..."According to Raman, an endopotent truth is any belief that people assert and act upon. Calling that a truth rather than a belief is just an exercise in obfuscation. An attempt to give face validity to the assertion (or belief, endopotent truth) that religion is 'true'."<br /><br />I completely agree. I also find it interesting that this version of truth seems to relegate all religious belief to a status equivalent to that of mythology.GBMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271329589936347.post-22365398557417381272009-04-26T17:38:00.000-04:002009-04-26T17:38:00.000-04:00According to Raman, an endopotent truth is any bel...According to Raman, an endopotent truth is any belief that people assert and act upon. Calling that a truth rather than a belief is just an exercise in obfuscation. An attempt to give face validity to the assertion (or belief, endopotent truth) that religion is 'true'.Epiphenomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420404206189437710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271329589936347.post-2060214292774957312009-04-25T20:32:00.000-04:002009-04-25T20:32:00.000-04:00“(How) can many religions all be true?”
They cann...“(How) can many religions all be true?” <br />They cannot be all true. In point of fact, some religions possess more of the truth than others. Truth as is commonly understood is not an attribute but is the correspondence between the thing and as it is known by us. If the correspondence is accurate then we know the truth. In expressing this knowledge, it is therefore propositions that are true or false. It is either true or false that the universe exists in 4 dimensions. Some things cannot be known by natural reason, and religions fill a lot of that with what is called faith/belief, and the propositions of that faith are asserted to be true. It is either true or false that Jesus Christ is God, and the Christian asserts it by faith to be true.<br />This article is quite misleading, since even modern science has long ago ceased to talk about truth because scince is constantly changing its assertions. But religions assert a more unchangeable truth, a truth that holds for all time not some relativistic "endopotent" that tries to reduce the truths of religion (and science) to an altruistic ethics.Ted Krasnickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271329589936347.post-78799155182824251922009-04-24T12:20:00.000-04:002009-04-24T12:20:00.000-04:00Thank you for posting. This is the most lucid desc...Thank you for posting. This is the most lucid description of "truth" I have ever read.Beyond Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588539631307626802noreply@blogger.com