Can only a Christian speak the truth?
Reflections on truth in scholarship and everyday life.
Michał Prończuk
This lecture will offer a substantive analysis of the concept of truth. We will examine theories of truth and presuppositional apologetics.
- Truth is not an opinion. It does not become true simply because someone believes it to be so.
- Truth is objective. The very claim that it does not exist demands an assessment of its truthfulness.
- Truth touches our lives. It is a reality that can affect us in very concrete ways.
In the modern world, truth is equated with opinion and treated as such. The quintessence of this mindset is the widespread view that "everyone has their own truth."
Sometimes the situation is even worse. Many people hold the conviction that truth—and objective truth in particular—does not exist at all. This reflects poorly on anyone who asserts such a view with genuine conviction rather than as a joke. If these individuals were to make even the slightest intellectual effort, they would have to realize that at least *this* claim of theirs must be true—and objectively so.
However, as we shall see, truth is not merely an opinion. Truth is a reality that deeply affects us —sometimes painfully so. Moreover, truth is a serious matter—at times literally a question of life and death—and that is precisely why it is so compelling.
Truth is not an opinion. Truth is reality—a serious matter, and sometimes a deadly serious one.
