In a comment on the previous post, stephaniee wrote, "since we have come to the consensus that there is only one truth, how can it be determined? it can't be by public belief. many people used to believe we lived in a earth centered universe and they were all wrong. so how can one determine among the many views what is true and what is not?"
This is a form of the famous question asked of Jesus by the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate, "What is truth?"
My hat is off to stepaniee, for she has taken this discussion exactly where it needed to go, hence my copying of her comment to start a new post. I now leave it to you to discuss which ways of knowing are most useful in coming to determing the truth. As one guiding question, does it matter in what area of knowledge that truth is pursued?
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If we look at beliefs of the past, that were believed to be true, then we must realize that we have the ability of hindsight. At any one moment, we must realize that any fact that we learn could latter be proved to be incorrect.
Therefore, we must simply accept what we belive as truth to be truth. If we get stuck second-guessing ourselves forever, we will never accomplish anything.
This all comes back to the issue of what Paul called a "working definition" of any word or idea. This "working definition" may not be one hundred percent correct, but to get caught up in the minor details will make society slow and eventually stop.
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