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No further exploration?

Submitted by Wil Franklin on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 3:14pm.

Truth is "no further exploration".

You may be on to something there. I really like that definition.  As you point out it allows for the relative/personal to be valid and is broad enough to be a powerful definition.  Moreover, I like it, because it makes me realize why I am uncomfortable with "TRUTH".  I am curious and skeptical and I like to explore and discover - even if just for myself.  

Still, how do two such vastly different beliefs intersect such that these believers can talk and interact with each other.  For example, say I use the term "frog" and I ask you to draw a frog.  Meanwhile, I draw a frog and then we compare.  What happens if I draw a frog and you draw a tree.  Or for that matter I draw a tree and you draw a frog. You see my point.  We have to have some common ground in order to interact with each other.  And why do so many people draw frogs when I ask for a frog?  Does that imply there is a truth about frogs?...about evolution?

 

 

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