I've been thinking a lot lately about truth again, and I always end up coming to different conclusions. I've determined that there is definitely a difference between absolute truth and personal truth, but I'm not convinced that those two things can ever be the same. I know that it depends on who you ask, but because one person says that their faith is absolute truth, and another says it is personal, isn't it then a personal truth?
What about people who don't "believe" in something we consider absolute (like math?). Is there anyone out there who doesn't believe in math? Math is something that we've just sort of made up, right? Is absolute truth made up? Does that make it any less absolute?
What about personality traits? There are certain things that I know about myself, like the fact that I'm very sensitive about the little things that people do. But is that an absolute truth? What if one day I decide that I'm not sensitive about those things. Is it no longer a fact? Are only facts absolute truths?
I'm not quite sure yet. I haven't decided.
"Bullshit makes the flowers grow and that's beautiful"
- Principia Discordia
A good friend of mine sent me that quote. I like it.
I just recently heard about a great band/singer yesterday and it's hitting the spot.
Rains
"Think about days
When happiness came
Through your eyes and into mine
Those were the best days of my life"
2 comments:
ENFJ FOR LIFE! =P
There's something that one of my professors says a lot that makes a lot of sense here. Disagreement doesn't mean falsity. Just because not everybody believes it doesn't believe its not true. This leaves the possibility of absolute truths of there.
That being said, I have no idea if they exist, including math (which I feel is blasphemous to say as a math major). Math is constructed upon some basic axioms and therefore is taken to be analytic truth - something true in virtue of its definition. But at the same time, it still takes as its basis truths that we take for granted (like logical truths, law of contradiction, etc) and I have a hard time taking any truth for granted right now.
I've never really thought about this in regard to personality traits. My initial reaction is that personality traits are subject to change such that only what it currently is matters. What it was in the past/will be in the future may be different, but isn't contradictory or wrong because its different. But I'm not really sure how to categorize this in regard to absolute truths.
I feel like a fool sometimes for not keeping in touch with you, because the few times we do communicate its really refreshing. We should talk sometime (IM, email, in person, w/e). I miss you and how you make me think. I never responded to what you wrote about my long email. I don't know if I want to here, but I do want to at some point - I really liked it. At the very least, I just bookmarked your blog, so I will be reading it.
I hope all is well. Peace and love.
Joey
PS I like the little poem =)
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