Hi MarshaV, I am interested in Truth with a capital T, as Francis Shcaeffer would say. Much to be said on this, but for starters, its not truth as I or as you or as anybody wishes it. It's Truth that IS regardless of what you think about it, or if you even understand or perceive it.
The first thing that strikes me about our current crisis of truth, is that we should even ask what it means. Would you ask what a lie means, what deceit, falsehood, or error means. But we are in such a crisis and that is what P's books address. Political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, the understanding of human rights and the laws that protect these did not arise out of a vacuum, out of a nothingness. They arose out of a very specific understanding of Truth, with a capital T. And the elimination, the denial of those freedoms and rights, arise out of a specific "understanding" , truly a misunderstanding of truth, as well. Even the understanding of an individual, whether an individual human being, or individual human rights, or individual laws that protect and preserve them, or the idea of an individual thing or entity, are based in philosophical and ultimately theological assumptions. The very reason I am free to write and you are free to read these words, is based on just such philosophical and theological assumptions that were extended to moral, legal, and political institutions. And where different assumptions prevail we would not be able to speak so freely. All cultures, religions, and philosophies do not lead to the same understanding and protections of human rights and individual liberties. That is why we should seek a genuine, a True understanding of history and the ideas behind it. And why we should work out our paradigms with "fear and trembling". Thanks, Jon On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:43 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Jon, > > On Apr 16, 2010, at 11:57 PM, Jon Bennett wrote: > > > But beyond this-what makes something good anyway? What makes something > just. > > You must start by telling me your epistemology. You must have a valid way > of > > knowing truth, or you are playing a wishing game. > > What type of truth are you wishing for? > > > > > > And without such a reliable foundation, someone will impose their truth > on > > you, and take away your liberty. > > And in the light of truth as you wish it, how is this statement true? > > > > > Marsha > > > > ___ > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
