John Liberty
Banned
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2013
- Messages
- 275
- Reaction score
- 72
- Location
- Ask the NSA
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Libertarian
Do we see different articles and books through different eyes. Is the book/article different for everyone or does everyone read the exact same thing and understand it like everyone else? Is the constitution up for interpretation? How do we know we are interpreting the constitution as it was meant to be interpreted? Are we interpreting the bible correctly? What is truth? Is there absolute truth that exists in "reality" or is the truth only what we believe is the truth?
I had this discussion with a very good friend of mine last night on IM and I found it to be very intellectually stimulating and actually quite fun. I love having philosophical debates because no one is "right" or "wrong" it's all based on our opinions and what we believe.
I'd like us to start out with me saying that I think the truth is only what we believe to be the truth? Truth is not a physical object that we can hold or feel...it exists inside our minds and is thus created by our minds. I would like to go as far as to say that perhaps even reality is in our minds. We get sight, feeling, and smell from our minds...is it so crazy to believe that at some level it is created from our mind? If everyone thinks rocks are always blue, are rocks always blue? Is there a reality outside our own minds, or is reality what our minds make it?
I hope to see some good replies!
I had this discussion with a very good friend of mine last night on IM and I found it to be very intellectually stimulating and actually quite fun. I love having philosophical debates because no one is "right" or "wrong" it's all based on our opinions and what we believe.
I'd like us to start out with me saying that I think the truth is only what we believe to be the truth? Truth is not a physical object that we can hold or feel...it exists inside our minds and is thus created by our minds. I would like to go as far as to say that perhaps even reality is in our minds. We get sight, feeling, and smell from our minds...is it so crazy to believe that at some level it is created from our mind? If everyone thinks rocks are always blue, are rocks always blue? Is there a reality outside our own minds, or is reality what our minds make it?
I hope to see some good replies!