Tag Archives: Truth
Truth #7: Is God a delusion?
Three short talks by Nicky Gumbel about: Is faith irrational? Does religion do more harm than good? Has science disproved God? Is God a delusion?
Truth #6: Unity
I’ve been challenged by the multitude of views expressed by, for and against this faith we call Christianity. In particular the effort that is put into one part of the church knocking another part. Now I guess it is fair … Continue reading
Truth #5: La verita vi fara liberi
I saw this in a Church whilst on holiday in Italy: La verita vi fara liberi. It’s from John’s Gospel chapter 8: 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are … Continue reading
Truth#4
A joke from the Cold War. There were two Soviet Union newspapers. One called Pravda, meaning “truth”, and the other Ivestia, meaning “news”. The joke was: “There’s no news in Pravda, and no truth in Izvestia.”
Truth#3: Is there more than one truth?
A friend likes to tell me there is more than one path up the mountain. Consider the Earth. Popular opinion at one time thought the Earth was flat. It could be. The bit I live on is flat. I can see … Continue reading
Truth#2: The Truth is Out There
The X-Files tag line was “The Truth is Out There”. But how do you know what the truth is? If you search Google for the answer to a question, then you are presented with many answers. Often contradictory. In the equality of … Continue reading
Truth#1: quid est veritas
What is truth? John 18:38, Pilate’s question to Jesus. A possible answer is an anagram of the phrase: est vir qui adest - ”it is the man who is here.”