What IS Truth?

You must be confused with a fact and the perception of a fact.

A fact is a actual event experienced throughout the time of history, not a idea that a group of people decide to create one day.

Giving math the title of fact is saying Jesus is a fact and he died for our sins.

 

If you can support your logic with fact, then in my mind it is true. But heres the exact definition of truth -
1. the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
2. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.
3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
4. the state or character of being true.
5. actuality or actual existence.
6. an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
7. honesty; integrity; truthfulness.
8. (often initial capital letter) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience: the basic truths of life.
9. agreement with a standard or original.
10. accuracy, as of position or adjustment.
11. Archaic. fidelity or constancy.

—Idiom12. in truth, in reality; in fact; actually: In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.

 

I see this extensive definition of truth you managed to find, however this in itself tells me that there are multiple versions of the truth?

The use of "true" to describe truthfulness would be redundant as you are trying to use the same word to try and define what you are defining.

Again, same problem here.

This one made me laugh.

Just because you agree with something does not mean it is the truth, it is an attempt to understand what you do not know.

Archaic. Do you know what this means? I do not see a relevance with truth.

 

Ok. If anyone would really like to understand one of the biggest semantical arguments of all time, read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth

 

That was taken from a dictionary reference site, not myself. To half of your questions, everyone has an opinion. The rest of them I dont really care I was just stating my opinion and the definitions I found for it.

 

The simple way to figure out if this is a true statement is this:

What does good mean? What are specific choices and actions that a good person makes?

Then you ask yourself, does Hitler have more of these good characteristics than "bad" ones?

If so, he is a good person. If not, he's a bad person.

It's generally hard to attach adjectives to truth simply because adjectives are often interpreted differently by different people. In any other case, when you have a noun-to-noun truth, such as the dog's name is Spot, it's more clear to figure out what is true. With noun to adjective, such as Spot is a good dog, it is harder to determine the truth.

 

So your saying that the opinions you expressed did not go with the definition you found?

Interesting.

 

^ Yes, exactly why its a personal opinion.

 

SFA is NOT for just personal opinions, you need solid evidence or atleast some thesis to give reason to what you say.

 

Truth is what is the most primal and atomically correct piece of information.

 

Care to break that down a bit?

 

truth is whatever our lord and savior, Barack Obama, says.

 

for some people hitler was a good person....

Its ok for me too say this because im jewish )))


no but its all based on perspective

 

Truth is one's perspective on fiction & reality.
I win

 

Truth is a hard thing to think about.. my main thought is of the person whom see's the occurence (talking ufo's here)

 

Truth is fact, if it is not a fact, it is opinion.

 

Truth is universal. If you say that truth isn't universal, you are contradicting yourself, as that is a universal statement.

Definition of truth: Conformity to fact or actuality.

 

Good is an abstract term. It is impossible to say if someone is good or not because there is no definite meaning to the word "good". That's like saying "the stone is heavy" or "the tree is short". Completely irrelevant in this discussion.

 

The truth is objective, you say.
Well, fact is the basis of truth. Fact is subjective.

Example (GL reference)-

"Yesterday, while I was having an affair with my secretary, my wife called and asked if I was coming home. I said I had something on my desk that needed my attention. I didn't lie."

You see?

 

Facts aren't subjective.

Irrelevant example.