Are people confusing belief and opinion for Truth and Reality?

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Answer 1

Absolutely. It's the cornerstone of the theists identity. They believe the teachings, because they were taught not to question them, therefore, they view it as truth since they don't know how to seek independent results. It's really just laziness when you get down to it.

Answer 2

It depends on what you are talking about. For instance, many people "believe" that Social Security Disability is easy to get, only for cop-out losers, and that everyone who gets it gets more than anyone who is working. But, except on rare occasions, just the opposite is true.

Answer 3

THIS is the issue I am getting at. The fact that Truth and Reality have become so obfuscated with opinion and belief. Beliefs have NOTHING to do with Truth.

Answer 4

But, their truth doesn't have to be your reality.

Answer 5

If your Truth is not my Truth then one or both are not.

Answer 6

True. But if you don't agree on a single Truth, you will never convince the other that they are wrong. Better to live and let live, in that case.

Answer 7

It is possible for not one person on earth to know Truth...? Even so it would still be there... Reality is NOT invented by conceptual thinking. A person may invent an imaginary image of Truth or Reality but that only means he will never know true Truth and Reality. Like those that believe that *** is Truth. No...Truth is Truth.

Answer 8

Truth

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Answer 10

It is my “belief and opinion” that the scientific method gets us closer to the “truth and reality.”

Answer 11

Absolutely not.

Answer 12

So your opinion is that science will prove ancient cave man fantasy mythology is real?

Answer 13

I did not talk to an “ancient cave man” lately. Did you?

On second thought, I think it was those cavemen that discover the taming of fire. Well there you have it, trial and error, the roots of the scientific method. We should thank our cavemen ancestors, for their discovery touch more lives than any other discovery throughout the ages.

Remember that, next time you play with fire to cook, heat your home during our global warming, fly on in a jet, drive your car, etc. Oh yes, no taming of fire, no iPhones.

Answer 14

Mythology does not need to come from the source. In fact it is built upon in layers over many years. And I am very thankful to those that worked and sacrificed their lives to try and share Truth with the future. I am not thankful to those that did and do everything they can to suppress it.

Answer 15

Who’s “truth”!?!?

Please, tell me about “truth.” It sounds like you have the “truth.” Why are you holding this “truth” back from the rest of the world? I beg you, in speaking for the world, what is that “truth?”

Answer 16

You are correct. 99% of the world believes their reality into existence. Obviously this takes time to learn so I will start you off with this and we can work our way along. https://sk1951.wordpress.com/...

Answer 17

That article is incomplete. It makes no reference to the scientific method. You tell me, is the force of gravity true?

Answer 18

It's the scourge of relativism that feeds the egos of the self-righteous who think their opinions are as valid as all others. : “Scholars are increasingly recognizing that behind extreme relativism is nihilism, and behind nihilism is narcissism.”
“... developmental unfolding of increasing wholeness and depth gives us a crucial key for understanding how all views can fit into the big picture, but some views are better than others because they have more depth.” from "One Taste" by Wilber

Answer 19

Truth and Reality is nothing more then opinion and belief. At one time truth and reality stated that the earth was flat, the sun revolved around the earth and the earth was only little more then 5000 years old...

Answer 20

Tell me one absolute?

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Answer 22

I think you have "felt" reasons...like a fear of death. There is no afterlife in human form.

Answer 23

Someday, EVERYBODY is going to get to find out! THAT is a certainty!

Answer 24

If it's such a certainty, then it shouldn't be so difficult to prove.

Answer 25

BOOM...That ^^^^

Answer 26

We will see won't we!

Answer 27

Or we'll all die without ever knowing. Either way, I'm not concerned.

Answer 28

I have seen a LOT of folks die in my life. While I am in NO way either clergy or a "PREACHER," I have seen reasons to believe in the after life.

Answer 29

Reasons such as?

Answer 30

I will be just fine in the afterlife. I am proud of my Christian beliefs and NOT to deny them.

Answer 31

Whatever....I don't need a debate over what is absolute.

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Answer 33

Certainty? THAT is a delusional belief insanity.

Answer 34

But it is a more universal phenomena than most would like to admit. As an agnostic I find the amount of faith and confidence strong atheist's have to be rather shocking, and unfounded, especially in a group that denies they rely on faith.

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Answer 35

That's my opinion too whenever I catch a Darwinian attempting to slip abiogenesis into the debate.

Edit:
Abiogenesis - the now discredited theory that living organisms can arise spontaneously from inanimate matter; spontaneous generation.

Atheist (aka schlemiel) - an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.

Answer 36

So you think life comes from living matter?

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Answer 38

Everyone has their own unique take on the world, and beliefs and absolutes are rarely the exact same thing.

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Answer 40

He left us a Platinum-standard Historical Record.