'We tend to give the impression that we will hold on to the outward forms whatever happens, even if God really is not there. But the opposite ought to be true of us, so that people can see that we demand the truth of what is there and that we are not dealing merely with platitudes. In other words, it should be understood that we take this question of truth and personality so seriously that if God were not there, we would be among the first to have the courage to step out of the queue.' - Francis Schaeffer (From his book, "The God Who Is There")
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I had never thought of it in that way, but I think it's true.
Have you noticed how a lot of people's definition of "truth" is the truth they define for themselves?(For example, "this is what I believe, it's right for me, what you believe is right for you".) How do we convince people we are earnest seekers of truth (and beyond that, that we HAVE the Truth), when truth to them is so relative?
I certainly have noticed this post-modern tendency toward relative truth. (A tendency, incidentally, which does not extend to the physical world of gas tanks and electric lights.)
That's why I've been listening to all the the good lectures at www.veritas.org and www.bethinking.org Dallas Willard's lecture on "The Relativity of Belief and the Absoluteness of Truth" (at Veritas) is excellent! I hope you will listen to it.
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