What is "truth" to you?

2015-06-30T17:31:30-04:00

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truth
Even the definition has the word "accepted" in it. So is that enough? Does the truth come from a 5 year old child? Something your mamma told you? Is it "just because it's always been that way"? Is it culture? (everyone else does it, must be OK) - your heart? or does it come from the Bible? And - if it's from the bible, by whose interpretation?

My answer is in the bible and the more I read and understand what I believe is the inspired word of God, the more I see the truth.

truth | the truth : the real facts about something : the things that are true

noun | \ˈtrüth\ | See the full definition...

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2015 5:36 PM

2015-06-30T17:36:56-04:00

Truth to me, is dependent on the markers on the top and bottom of what I'm reading.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jun 30 at 2015 5:43 PM

2015-06-30T17:43:41-04:00

How one behaves is a combination of the mind and the heart. It is the peg from which all values hang from. It should be inviolable.

Response by SSG James Doherty made Jun 30 at 2015 10:24 PM

2015-06-30T22:24:19-04:00

There's your story, my story, and the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Response by MAJ Bryan Zeski made Jul 1 at 2015 1:40 AM

2015-07-01T01:40:53-04:00

Truth, to me, is what is real - reality. Reality is what can be theorized, demonstrated, tested, or COULD be tested and validated with reasonable future technologies. Reality is not what came from our mothers and fathers. It is not old wives tales or ancient mythologies. I accept that there are things that I think are "reality" which probably are not - and I will willingly admit to those changes when the evidence is there to do so. I will not change the things I think are "real" without evidence. I will not change what I think are "real" for my personal comfort, ambitions, or hopes and dreams.

I try to act in the way that I would want others to act in a similar situation.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Aug 5 at 2015 4:17 PM

2015-08-05T16:17:44-04:00

CMSgt Mark Schubert truth is absolute and is true whether anybody or nobody believes it. The Word of God is true. I do my best to live by its precepts and admonitions. By God's grace I am sustained. The Holy Spirit of God illumines the truth of the Word of God to each believer and He guides and directs our steps.
There are other truths which have been determined within God's creation. Mathematical proofs and axioms are examples of this. This truths are limited in scope but sufficient for basing knowledge upon them.
Scientific experiments using the null hypothesis are useful in understanding what is "true" for repeatable experiments such as the temperature that water boils or freezes relative to elevation above and below sea level.
There are more relative truths than we could number. Some are very useful such as language, alphabets, measuring systems, etc.
Truth is linked at the hip to knowledge which helps us recognize true statements.
"Defined narrowly, epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified belief. As the study of knowledge, epistemology is concerned with the following questions: What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge? What are its sources? What is its structure, and what are its limits? As the study of justified belief, epistemology aims to answer questions such as: How we are to understand the concept of justification? What makes justified beliefs justified? Is justification internal or external to one's own mind? Understood more broadly, epistemology is about issues having to do with the creation and dissemination of knowledge in particular areas of inquiry. This article will provide a systematic overview of the problems that the questions above raise and focus in some depth on issues relating to the structure and the limits of knowledge and justification."
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
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Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Defined narrowly, epistemology is the study of knowledge andjustified belief. As the study of knowledge, epistemology is concernedwith the following questions: What are the necessary and sufficientconditions of knowledge? What are its sources? What is its structure,and what are its limits? As the study of justified belief, epistemologyaims to answer questions such as: How we are to understand the conceptof justification? What makes justified...

Response by COL Mikel J. Burroughs made Aug 8 at 2015 10:09 PM

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CMSgt Mark Schubert Truth sets the baseline for everything we do when know one is around or watching us. It will glorify us in the end and it will haunt those who've lied their way through life. Be there no mistake about it. Truth will find its way!

Response by Cpl Lawrence Lavictoire made Nov 29 at 2015 12:19 PM

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First a reference for you:Recommended Resources: True Truth: Defending Absolute Truth in a Relativistic World by Art Lindsley and Logos Bible Software.
My answer to truth: My Lord Christ Jesus!

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Nov 30 at 2015 3:26 PM

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Truth is knowing the sun will come up and driving recklessly causes more accidents. Not all truths need to be experienced to find out they are truths.

Response by SGT Craig Northacker made Nov 30 at 2015 3:30 PM

2015-11-30T15:30:38-05:00

I am an old CPA - and your question brings to mind the old story about a company needing a new CPA, so it winds up whittling down to 3 candidates. The first one goes in and interviews, and is asked as the final question "How much is 2+2?" He answers 4 and leaves. Next one comes in, interviews, and is asked the same question. He pulls out his advanced function calculator and comes up with 3.794. Third candidate is interviewed and asked the same question. This one looks around, out the window, under the desk and sees no microphone, so he leans over and asks "How much do you want it to be?".

Response by MSgt Michelle Mondia made Dec 3 at 2015 12:26 AM

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“You may remember the story of how the devil and a friend of his were walking down the street, when they saw ahead of them a man stoop down and pick up something from the ground, look at it, and put it away in his pocket. The friend said to the devil, “What did that man pick up?” “He picked up a piece of Truth,” said the devil. “That is a very bad business for you, then,” said his friend. “Oh, not at all,” the devil replied, “I am going to let him organize it." - Krishnamurti

I've heard that the truth is pathless land. You cannot pass it along to others or put it into form because then it becomes a crutch. People will not search for the truth if it's told to them, instead we seek our own truth our own path. Far to often we cling to our arguments attempting to convince each other of truths, we waist time organizing our thoughts and ideas in order to prove, to convince. The truth is. Everyone should seek it for themselves. For me truth is comes not as an answer or a solved problem but as love, as compassion and wisdom from walking my own path. Sure we share our experiences but far to often we are convinced, we are coerced into contrived constructs masquerading as truth...someone else's and someone else's truth will never set you free.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Dec 3 at 2015 7:55 AM

2015-12-03T07:55:53-05:00

CMSgt Mark Schubert truth is a matter of perception. We all perceive things differently, often the same thing differently. Therefore, truth is relative.

I'm just an old soldier not a philosopher, but what I have read in philosophy, there is no absolute truth.