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.
