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When relativists (people who think that there is no absolute right or wrong) say that “There is no 100% Falsehood.” And that “If something is 100% false, then it is a Truth.” They are saying that nothing is really wrong but at the same time they are denying themselves a right by saying that nothing is really right either. All you need to do is to answer them with a punch in the nose (only an example!) and ask them if they think that it is really wrong. If they cannot say that its really wrong you can try the punching and questioning again. Somehow when people are at the receiving end of evil (or "falsehood" in this sense), they cry out that its wrong and by saying that something is right or wrong they are claiming an absolute (or 100%) to it.
“Hidden somewhere in the words of everyone who argues for complete relativism is a belief that there are, indeed, some acts that are wrong…. The pure relativist cuts off the brunch on which he or she is sitting on while telling you the brunch cannot be severed.” – taken from Ravi Zacharias, Light in the Shadow of Jihad.
We need to note that we cannot sever absolutes with morality. People can sound very sincere when presenting their relative claims and I would say that I agree with their sincerity because they are taking their reference from Man. When you look at humanity, they tell you that their ability is limited, they cannot be sure of their purity of will and their senses cannot empirically explain all of reality. So then how trust worthy can humanity be when the same humanity produced a Hitler and a Mother Theresa both claiming to follow their common sense? No wonder the skeptic is absolutely convinced that all truth is merely relative.
That’s why we need God. Without the notion of God how can we really know what is right and wrong. Paul says in Romans 7:7-12 that he would not have known what sin was except through the law (referring to the Holy Scriptures) and that apart from law, sin is dead. Right defines wrong and wrong defines what which is right. Right and wrong, good and evil, gains its definition from the very character of God.
Absolutes categories can only come from God and we live by those absolutes categories for without it, we can never know the meaning of choice. Then life itself becomes unbearable. Without God as the reference, our essence is lost. Then how do we know what we are really meant to be? Without God how do we even know what it really means to exist?
When we rob the universe of a moral structure, we rob our own hearts. When naturalism robs this world of its God-given design and essential goodness, we are robbed of our own capacity for wonder, and thereby we are crippled in our search for meaning. And the world is how it is now because truth is no longer absolute.
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On a side note, you say that "There is no 100% Falsehood." Isn't that a 100% true statement by itself? Then I’ll say that that your statement is 100% false since it does not deliver its claim.
On the other hand, if that’s a false (not 100%) statement then why do people state it as true? The statement and claim either ways is not valid :)
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When relativists (people who think that there is no absolute right or wrong) say that “There is no 100% Falsehood.” And that “If something is 100% false, then it is a Truth.” They are saying that nothing is really wrong but at the same time they are denying themselves a right by saying that nothing is really right either. All you need to do is to answer them with a punch in the nose (only an example!) and ask them if they think that it is really wrong. If they cannot say that its really wrong you can try the punching and questioning again. Somehow when people are at the receiving end of evil (or "falsehood" in this sense), they cry out that its wrong and by saying that something is right or wrong they are claiming an absolute (or 100%) to it.
“Hidden somewhere in the words of everyone who argues for complete relativism is a belief that there are, indeed, some acts that are wrong…. The pure relativist cuts off the brunch on which he or she is sitting on while telling you the brunch cannot be severed.” – taken from Ravi Zacharias, Light in the Shadow of Jihad.
We need to note that we cannot sever absolutes with morality. People can sound very sincere when presenting their relative claims and I would say that I agree with their sincerity because they are taking their reference from Man. When you look at humanity, they tell you that their ability is limited, they cannot be sure of their purity of will and their senses cannot empirically explain all of reality. So then how trust worthy can humanity be when the same humanity produced a Hitler and a Mother Theresa both claiming to follow their common sense? No wonder the skeptic is absolutely convinced that all truth is merely relative.
That’s why we need God. Without the notion of God how can we really know what is right and wrong. Paul says in Romans 7:7-12 that he would not have known what sin was except through the law (referring to the Holy Scriptures) and that apart from law, sin is dead. Right defines wrong and wrong defines what which is right. Right and wrong, good and evil, gains its definition from the very character of God.
Absolutes categories can only come from God and we live by those absolutes categories for without it, we can never know the meaning of choice. Then life itself becomes unbearable. Without God as the reference, our essence is lost. Then how do we know what we are really meant to be? Without God how do we even know what it really means to exist?
When we rob the universe of a moral structure, we rob our own hearts. When naturalism robs this world of its God-given design and essential goodness, we are robbed of our own capacity for wonder, and thereby we are crippled in our search for meaning. And the world is how it is now because truth is no longer absolute.
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On a side note, you say that "There is no 100% Falsehood." Isn't that a 100% true statement by itself? Then I’ll say that that your statement is 100% false since it does not deliver its claim.
On the other hand, if that’s a false (not 100%) statement then why do people state it as true? The statement and claim either ways is not valid :)
Perhaps confusion arises when you try to think in terms of math, logic beats math!
Wrong idea:
P(truth) + P(falsehood) = 100%
If P(falsehood) = 100%, then
P(truth) = 0%
So how can it be 100% true?
i think the converse is more right.
when something is not 100% true, it is false.
just like lying.
(btw, ha long bay is So pretty! you should have visited Hue too, you'd have liked the river)
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