Last week I wrote about truth and what it is. Today I want to talk about what seems to be what everyone brings up when I talk about truth; is truth relative? In this politically correct era, there came this idea that truth is relative to the person, and there is no absolute truth. How does that make sense? The nature of truth goes against the idea that it is relative. Truth should be absolute, or truth shouldn't exist. Some things are relative, like opinions, beliefs, attitude, and other things. Truth cannot be relative because that's not what truth is. Take again the example of colors. Everyone agrees that green is a certain color. When people think of grass, they know that grass is green. That is a truth. How people may see the color green might be different, but everyone knows that grass is green. How people perceive the color does not change the color. Likewise, how people perceive truth does not change the truth. There's this idea I heard that reality is relative. For example, right now your reality is that you are reading this blog. For all you know, nothing else is going on in the world. Therefore your reality is limited. My reality can be totally different than what yours is. I don't know what your reality is and you don't know mine. However this view is incorrect. Even though I don't know your reality, it doesn't mean your reality isn't there. I just cannot experience reality in the way that you do. Reality is absolute, regardless of how it is experienced. Truth is the same. One last example. Take any movie that you have seen. Some people say that the movie is good, and others say that it is bad. So is the truth of the book relative? No, because what people think of the movie is not a truth, but an opinion. An opinion is relative, but truth is not. The truth is that the movie exists, regardless of whether you like it or not. Truth exists regardless of people's opinions on it. Truth is not relative or subjective; it is absolute and objective.
-Smart
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