Hi ,
What actually is "truth". Your opinion about something is not the same as the truth about it.
We often hear people say something like this today --- "That's true for you, but not for me." That is actually an incorrect statement. What they really mean is, "You have your opinion, and I have mine."
Truth transcends opinion, though. If a person does not like sweet potatoes, for instance, that is merely his opinion about the flavor
of the sweet potato. The real truth is that the sweet potato has a particular flavor. You either like the flavor or you don't. That's your opinion, not the truth
about the fact that the sweet potato has flavor.
Someone once said that every message that you read, hear, or see comes from somewhere, and was created by someone and for someone. The veracity of a claim
can be based on several things, not the least of which is the source (who said it?), and the evidence that supports it. Feelings or emotions should never be a barometer when evaluating whether a statement is true or false. Emotions can often lead you astray and can cloud the issue.
Start by evaluating the source. Does the source have a track record of being trustworthy? Does objective evidence support what is being claimed, or doesn't it?
The Bible provides a proposed standard of history, life, conduct, God, etc. One of the very clear teachings in the Bible is that God created everything in the universe by speaking it into existence. Conversely, evolutionism teaches that everything in the universe was produced by a series of incredible random accidents. They cannot both be true. One is true, and the other one is false.
Who is making these claims? And, is that person trustworthy? (continued...)
