Assumptions aren’t a source of truth. They’re a source of self-deception. ALL truth is hidden in Christ Jesus. He IS the Truth. We must know Him to know the Truth.

(quote from RealReality.org/Real_Faith_and_Reason_Vol_2_-_Scientia.pdf)

Thinking of assumptions, you may have heard the saying “Never assume anything.” That seems like good advice, but to clarify the reason that it’s good advice, here’s the definition of “assumption” from Google:

a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.

synonyms: supposition, presumption, belief, expectation, conjecture, speculation, surmise, guess, premise, hypothesis

Here’s the way the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “assumption:”

a fact or statement (as a proposition, axiom, postulate, or notion) taken for granted

Since assumptions consist of made-up stuff, we believe made-up stuff without proof whenever we assume. It’s like living in a world of make-believe. We think of our made-up assumptions as if they were facts. They aren’t facts in any sense since we can neither observe them nor prove them.

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