{"id":25656,"date":"2016-04-25T00:10:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T05:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/?p=25656"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:42:12","slug":"even-possible-know-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/even-possible-know-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Even Possible to Know Truth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><h2>First, let\u2019s start by defining <em>truth<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p>Typically, two definitions are offered to explain the same concept of truth. Webster defines truth as \u201cfidelity to an original standard.\u201d You and I can argue about which of our watches is correct. But to know for sure, we\u2019d have to measure our watches against the international standard where all time is measured. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is <em>world<\/em> time and the basis of every world time zone. Whichever of our watches matches GMT is the correct time. Applying that same truth definition to moral truth, we assert that God is the absolute standard for all moral truth.<\/p>\n<p>The second definition of truth is \u201cthat which corresponds to reality.\u201d This is roughly the idea that a truth statement is true if it matches up with the way the real world actually is. A statement can be proven true if it matches with reality. When we apply this definition to moral truth, we assert that moral truth conforms to the reality that God has created.<\/p>\n<p>Some people, however, say \u201cThere is no truth.\u201d The problem with this phrase is that it\u2019s self-contradictory. The sentence refutes itself through its very existence. The statement \u201cthere is no truth\u201d is a truth claim about at least one thing\u2014namely that \u201cthere is no truth.\u201d Yet this statement contradicts itself by claiming that truth does not exist. \u201cWe cannot be sure about anything\u201d is another sentence that refutes itself, as does \u201cNever say the word \u2018never.\u2019\u201d Thus, the most important question becomes not if we can know truth, but what <em>is<\/em> truth? God is not only our standard of moral truth, but he has gone to extraordinary lengths to form a relationship with us. And relationship is key in knowing and living the truth.<br \/>\n<strong>Question:<\/strong> What is your reaction to the statement \u201cThere is no truth\u201d?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, let\u2019s start by defining truth. Typically, two definitions are offered to explain the same concept of truth. Webster defines truth as \u201cfidelity to an original standard.\u201d You and I can argue about which of our watches is correct. But to know for sure, we\u2019d have to measure our watches against the international standard where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23327,"featured_media":25658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[181,157,184,263,122],"translator":[],"blog-author":[78],"class_list":["post-25656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-77-faqs","tag-apologetics","tag-faith","tag-god","tag-trust","tag-truth","blog-author-josh-mcdowell-ministry-team"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2016\/03\/blog_apologetics_truth-1.jpg","meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25656"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92525,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25656\/revisions\/92525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25656"},{"taxonomy":"translator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/translator?post=25656"},{"taxonomy":"blog-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-author?post=25656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}