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"On a level playing field, the truth will
always win."
- Philip Pfanstiel
I have tried to be as honest and as open as possible in this discussion
of truth. Being as it was originally taught at a Christian class,
and I'm a Christian some of my conclusions you may not agree with.
E-mail me a response and I will post it (pro or con articles / responses
are always welcome).
Nevertheless I firmly believe that "on a level playing field,
the truth will always win." If Jesus is not the Son of God,
I want to know that so I can change my beliefs. If He is the Truth,
then an honest man / woman would want to know that so they could
change theirs. Either way, if we can eliminate all of the distractors
and variables and do an honest search for the Truth we should be
able to all come to the same conclusion. Do I think that will ever
happen? No, but that wont stop me from trying.
Class One: Is the Truth important?
And do you really want to know the Truth? Can you handle the Truth?
Class Two: Is truth relative or
absolute? Does truth change or is it eternal? The problem in discussing
truth in our postmodern world is the belief that all truth is relative
- there are no absolutes. "It's all good." "If
your religion works for you, that's fine. But keep it to yourself."
"To each their own."
Class Three: The truth is the
truth wherever you find it. Do other religions, beliefs, "isms,"
cultures possess some truth or are they completely wrong. For that
matter do other denominations ...
Class Four: Did Jesus tell us
the Truth? When it comes to "What are we to make of Jesus?"
Lewis gives us four choices. Either Jesus is a liar, lunatic, legend
or He is Lord. But the most common reaction to the claims and proclaims
of Christ is lethargy (most people don't care). The opposite of
love is not hate, it's indifference.
Class Five: A conclusion
to the study and a summary of each of the four other weeks.
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