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But we're not skeptics.

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Duh! This forum is called FACING SKEPTICS, don't you think discussion on how to do this would be a good thing.

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I found this printed in front of one of my Bibles. It said, "Truth is truth, time doesn't change it." I like that.

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This is another issue when dealing with skeptics especially the hard atheist. They do not believe anything in the Bible therefore to them it is not a reliable source for debate, not even historically.

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Now, Pontius Pilate asked, "What is truth?" when Truth was standing right in front of him! Not everyone will, or even wants to, recognize truth. Especially these days.

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There it is...Pilate didn't know what truth was either.

If you try to define truth with dictionaries you come up with all kind of different definitions, therefore IMO man does not have the answer, but certain truth does exist and now we have to prove it. In todays time, the post modern era we cannot work with the same assumptions that we did just 20 years ago. At that time people would join you in your search for absolute truth, but it's different now. Before we begin to lead people to the truth of Jesus Christ, we may have to lead them to the truth of truth. Common ground must be created before the gospel can be proclaimed. Facing skeptics today and bringing them to the truth is a difficult task and we must be prepared.

Another thing we'll face is that skeptic's rely on tangible, visual or scientific evidence for truth and nothing else. Mans thinking has changed. Truth today has come to be relative, subjective, perspective, pragmatic , objective and even skeptical meaning that truth cannot be known with certainty. I once asked an atheist what truth was, he answered the sky is blue, see it's visual. I then asked him if that was true to a man that had been blind all of his life. No answer. He then said my wife (his wife) had blonde hair and blue eyes. I said I have never seen your wife, He replied but it's true. I said Bingo! Absolute truth exists without being seen. He said but I can prove it. I said no need to it's already true. So what is the truth of truth? How do we pinpoint exactly what truth is?

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Wow, I decided to google "what is truth" to see what would pop up. and of course winkipedia popped up on top. I didn't really realise how many different theories and such, how much scholarly turbulance there is with the subject of truth... here is a link

Truth

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