Why do some people say you can’t know absolute truth?

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Why do some people say you can’t know the meaning of life? And why do they say you can’t know absolute truth? It’s because the human mind has no way to reason to true premises on its own.

They don’t consider God.

They eliminate God because they don’t want God and His righteousness. Ungodly thinkers can try to find meaning or truth, but all they do is deceive themselves. Every time they try to reason to a conclusion, the conclusion isn’t conclusive. Every logical argument they make requires further proof. No logic is sound unless the logic begins with truth. And truth only comes by divine revelation. The human mind can’t self-generate truth. Instead, the human mind self-generates made-up stuff. Some people accurately call this naturally-generated product of the human mind hot air or lies. Call it what you will, the human mind can’t self-generate the truth. It generates something else.

And yet, you can find the truth. However, any truth must come from God. You must stand in His presence and listen to His voice. You must yield to His Spirit to the point of righteousness. You must allow God’s love to flow through you.

The human mind can’t reason to anything true unless it starts with truth. Agrippa, Münchausen, and many other philosophers have tried to get around the problem of the inability of the human mind to reason to anything true. They’ve all come up empty. Modern scholars have struggled with this problem without finding a rational solution to it. Most scholars ignore the problem or try to project it onto others without dealing with their own lack of substance and inability to think rationally. Here’s what they ignore. Before they can rationally claim anything, they need a true basis for that claim. They need truth but avoid the obvious answer to their problem. They could have the path to truth. There’s a solution, but they don’t want that solution. They don’t want Jesus Christ and His righteousness. Sadly, they can’t handle the truth.

Sound reasoning is impossible without Christ

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If an idea or philosophy conflicts with itself, then it’s called “self-refuting.” To refute is to prove something false or wrong. Skepticism and relativism refute themselves. They prove themselves false. Skepticism and relativism are self-refuting. They are philosophies that demonstrate they aren’t true. The same arguments the skeptics and relativists use to support their claims also prove their claims false. Here’s why skeptical and relativistic thinking is irrational. If “no one can know anything absolutely,” then no one can know “no one can know anything absolutely.” If you “can’t know some things for certain,” then you can’t know for certain you “can’t know some things for certain.” You might have to think about that for a while to understand it. Self-refuting claims tend to confuse most of us. Relativism and skepticism don’t work in the real world since they always refute themselves.

Of course, some thinkers speak only for themselves. They don’t presume to speak for all humanity. They may just assert they don’t know any method by which anyone can have certainty. And it may be they don’t know any method. How sad it would be for them to go through life not knowing anything! They need to know how they can know the important things in life with absolute certainty.

Sound reasoning is impossible without truth. Being rational is all about finding the truth. And yet, many people say truth is too high a goal. They say something like this:

Just surviving is the best you can hope for.
Life can never have real meaning.

Instead of meaning and truth, some people say you should just live for sensual pleasure. That’s called hedonism. It’s just one of many philosophies people invent trying to deal with not having any truth or meaning. Hedonism is an empty philosophy. None of the other godless philosophies work either. You need the truth. You need meaning. No philosophy will give you the truth. You can’t get to the truth through any philosophy. You can get to the truth, but not through any philosophy. Philosophy isn’t the way to truth. Philosophy is a way to deception. Without truth, there’s no hope of sanity. Truth is a Person: Jesus Christ.

Even many Christians believe you can’t know any truth absolutely

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Relativism and Post-Modernism

Growing up, I never thought much about logic, but I did wonder how you can know the truth. I noticed that people on both sides of arguments could make their cases and sound convincing. Some were more convincing than others, but I tried to understand why. Often, it wasn’t obvious who, if anyone, was right. The one who put on the best show (the best persuader) was the one who seemed right, but putting on the best show doesn’t prove anything. As I observed, I realized how dangerous persuasive people can be when they’re wrong.

I grew up repeating clichés like “everything is relative.” It was second nature for me to say, “There are no absolutes.” I would say, “The one thing you can know for certain is that you can’t know anything for certain.” I felt very wise, but I didn’t realize how foolish I was. My statements were self-refuting. I looked at the idea of logic as a boring subject that wasn’t relevant to my life. I assumed my thoughts were logical and reasonable, but I had never studied logic. My beliefs seemed to make sense to me. I thought they must be logical. And yet, I had no idea how logic works. I didn’t know I had to base logic on truth and I could only get truth through Christ.

You live in a naturalistic society. This naturalistic society thinks it’s too bold to talk about absolute truth. After all, the majority of people believe no one can know anything absolutely. They say everything is relative and no one can be certain about anything. Even many Christians believe you can’t know any truth absolutely. They claim to be certain no one can be certain about anything. It’s a philosophy called “relativism” or “skepticism.” Skeptics say you can’t discern between truth and error. They claim to know absolutely that no one can know anything absolutely. Does it do any good to know the truth if you can’t know for certain the truth is the truth?

Only by listening to Jesus can we know the truth.

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Every route other than Jesus Christ will eventually lead to Satan and his demonic host.

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The Prince of Power

Anyone who continues to ignore God will continue to walk toward the prince of power of the air, Satan. Satan can offer them his leading, teaching, and correcting. Satan is a liar and the father of all lies. He can grant them success for a while, but he will control their minds.

Following Satan doesn’t always happen by means like Ouija boards, tarot cards, psychics, or astrology. Many gateways exist. Every route other than Jesus Christ will eventually lead to Satan and his demonic host. If you don’t direct your mind toward Christ, your mind will drift toward Satan. Demons can be extremely subtle as they try to influence you. Sometimes, demons are out in the open and obvious. Some methods of demonic influence can seem scientific or fun. Satan can cloak himself in light. Demons can seem good and spiritual. They may even say they have a message from Christ. At other times, demons quietly make suggestions into your mind. You might say, “Where did that thought come from?” It’s not your fault if a bird lands on your head, but don’t let it make a nest.

If you sincerely want the truth, God will expose these demonic beings. He’ll show you that they’re bringing spirituality without Christ.

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The fallen brute-beast human mind can process thought in amazing ways, but, without truth, rational thought is impossible.

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Even without the Light of Christ, the brute-beast mind can process thought in amazing ways. The brute-beast mind has no access to truth without Christ. Without Christ, anything that conflicts with your current preconceived ideas feels like a lie. It feels crazy. Even the truth feels crazy. For instance, when you hear a claim, you immediately compare the claim to your worldview, your inner fake-reality. That fake reality contains all your memories of perceptions of experiences and observations. These aren’t your memories of experiences and observations. They are memories of your perceptions. Perceptions aren’t reliable. You can’t avoid having a bias that works as a lens as you go through any experience or observe anything. No one is objective. Some of your perceptions are more accurate than others.

You compare any new perception to the memories of previous perceptions in your worldview. Your mind makes these comparisons without trying. And your mind works at lightning speed. Most often, you aren’t even aware of these comparisons. You filter out what doesn’t fit in your worldview. That means you filter out parts of reality. Sometimes, you make decisions based on the emotions that come out of this inner processing. You don’t even know why you’re choosing one answer over another. Sometimes, you think through a structured decision-making process. However, you’re still comparing opinions to reality unless Christ reveals the answer to you.

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Brute Beasts to be Destroyed

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The Brute Beast

But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. ~ 2 Peter 2:12-14

These are people who operate like brute beasts in that they depend on their own failed reasoning and their natural senses to survive. In the same way animals learn what works and doesn’t work, these people can experiment and learn what works. However, the truth escapes them. They may teach physics or geography at the university. They may run a cash register in a gas station. However, they don’t have access to the truth. They operate based on pragmatism.

But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed. ~ Jude 1:10

Other versions use the word “instinct.” It seems God has given humanity some basic instincts just like animals have instincts. Without the Holy Spirit and the truth that flows from God, they can’t understand spiritual things. They can’t understand the truth about material things. However, there are things they understand naturally. They can find out what works and doesn’t work. For instance, they can do science. They can function in a career. They can grumble, complain, do what they desire, boast, flatter, and gain advantage. They are skilled in doing evil.

These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of your Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. ~ Jude 1:16-19

These are sensual persons. They depend on their senses to guide them rather than the Holy Spirit. Every one of these verses is referring to people inside the church. These are Christians. These verses also apply to unbelievers. However, God is talking about those inside the church who are lacking the Holy Spirit.

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God gives every person truth so they can seek Him and find Him.

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God gives every person truth to give them a chance to seek Him and find Him. God wants fellowship with every person. God is love. As love, God must give every person every opportunity. He loves us all.

When ungodly thinkers don’t acknowledge God and thank Him for the amazing gift of truth, the ungodly thinkers lose the blessing of this truth. They don’t acknowledge God as the Source of the truth, so they file away the truth and put it in with all the nonsense that flows from their deceitful and desperately wicked human minds. Lies and foolishness come out of their wicked and deceitful minds. Wisdom and truth come from God. They mix truth and wisdom with lies and foolishness and make no difference between them. They attribute God’s wisdom to their own minds and erase all differences between truth and error. As a result, they can’t tell the difference between reality and their imaginations. Sometimes, they act based on righteousness and wisdom. At other times, they act based on wickedness and foolishness. They see no difference. They had the truth, but it did them no good.

Worse yet, if they persist, God turns them over to their own minds completely. At that point, they become like brute beasts.

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God blesses the righteous and the unrighteous.

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How Do They Survive?

If those who don’t have truth are doomed to a life without rational thought, how do they survive? Why are so many ungodly people rich or successful? Some get there dishonestly or thought Satanic means, but some are honestly working to be successful. How does that happen? Let’s look into that.

The Logos is the Light

The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world. ~ John 1:9

The true Light is the Logos. He is the utterance of God. And He gives light to every person. You might wonder if God would shed His Light on those who are evil. You might think God only blesses the just.

He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ~ Matthew 5:45b

However, God blesses both evil and good people. He blesses the righteous and the unrighteous. If God didn’t do this, they wouldn’t last a minute.

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. ~ Acts 17:24-25

God gives them life, breath, and EVERYTHING ELSE. What is “everything else?” It includes material needs and non-material needs. It includes truth.

Wait! I said ungodly thinkers don’t have truth. So, did I lie to you? NO.

God does give them truth. They even know the difference between good and evil by God’s revelation. And they know God exists by God’s revelation. God says He reveals everything to them. He shows them everything humans can know about God and the Godhead.  God gives them what they need to survive. Why would God bother? Let’s go back to Acts 17 for the answer.

God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. ~ Acts 17:27

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Here’s what happens if you stand on the solid rock of Christ.

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An old hymn goes like this:

On Christ the solid rock I stand.

All other ground is sinking sand.

All is a big word. ALL other ground is sinking sand. You might like to stand on something else other than Christ. Could you stand on your objective observations? If you tried, you would commit the ontic fallacy. The ontic fallacy is believing you can observe and experience objectively. You can’t. You can’t get outside of yourself to observe objectively. Maybe you could stand on science, but even real science is based on assumptions, observations, and preconceived ideas. Scientists aren’t perfectly pure. Science often becomes the victim of politics and the religion of godlessness. That kind of science is storytelling. Storytelling isn’t a reliable path to the truth. Then, how about my ability to reason? Can I stand on that? The trouble is the human mind can’t reason to the truth.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand.  ALL other ground is sinking sand. You need to know how to come to the place where you stand on Christ alone so you don’t depend on everything else that lets you down just when you need it the most. That’s God’s Endgame.

God leads. He speaks through Scripture and every means of divine revelation mentioned in Scripture. Seek Him and His knowledge and wisdom. Ask Him for it. Don’t be double-minded half looking to Christ and half looking to human opinions and the ramblings of your own mind. If there is any wisdom or knowledge of truth, it comes from Him. Thank Him and give Him the glory. Then yield to His Spirit to the point that He says His words and does His acts through you. Each time you obey His voice, Christ is built up in you. Each time you obey the devil, the culture, or your own desires, you re-crucify Christ in you. As Christ is more fully built in you, His wisdom and knowledge dwell in you more completely. Your ability to hear Him and discern His voice from all others improves.

You know this. It’s possible to know all this and miss the mark. You must keep yourself in step with the Holy Spirit.

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NO MORE DOUBT OR FEAR

I spent years in doubt before I knew about the foundation for reason. I had a gnawing fear that one day someone would give me some information that would make God impossible. Maybe some scientific discovery would prove Jesus Christ never lived or that He isn’t God. I thought that, perhaps, it might be possible for some really intelligent person to disprove the existence of God. I had no clue. I was ignorant and in a precarious position.

I studied apologetics. When I say, “I studied,” I don’t mean I studied for a week or a year. I mean I kept studying for decades. I studied science, particularly origins science and the philosophy of science. I studied the logical arguments. I studied the answers to the questions of the skeptics. None of that gave me rock-solid confidence. The best I could say was the evidence for God was very strong given what I knew. However, I wasn’t concerned about what I knew. I worried about what I might NOT have known. What if someone showed me new information that proved the non-existence of God? Every time I thought I was home free, another skeptic or atheist would come along with a new claim or loaded question.

All my fear went away when God showed me that Jesus Christ proves His existence by revealing Himself. I had already known Jesus reveals Himself. I had experienced His leading all my life. I just never thought it through. God had to show me.

The Son reveals the Father, and the Father reveals the Son to you. The Father and Son send the Holy Spirit to lead, teach, and correct you moment by moment. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost testify to the truth of the Scripture. God tells you the Scripture says what it says and doesn’t say what it doesn’t say. Even now, God keeps showing me where my own mind added to or filtered out Scripture. He’ll do the same for you. God keeps bringing Scripture to life. Jesus Christ is absolute and real. You can know Him. He reveals truth. That’s how you know. Divine revelation!

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