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Philosopher Frederick Nietsche once said, "There is no absolute truth."
So, then how do we know what he is saying is true? This is the dilemma: If we think that there is no absolute truth then we must not even think, for when we think and make decisions we will have to deny every thought we've had and any decision we've made in life. But how can we deny anything based on the definition that there is no truth? How can we make such a logical or philosophical predicament with an absolute answer if there is no absolute truth? Why would this sound insane? This is how the post-modern world thinks nowadays! It is pure insanity! There must be truth!
Confirming The Bible
The Bible is composed of 66 books and over 40 different authors. All who wrote from different parts of the world, different times, but still consistent with the message, and most of the authors haven't even met. The New Testament was written in three different continents, Africa, Asia, and Europe. All the books of the Bible were written in a time period of 1500+ years and still are consistent to the message about Jesus Christ our Lord. There is so much evidence to prove the Bible is true.
The Words prove that the Bible is supernaturally inspired, not just written by men. Some people argue that it is just written by men. If that is your argument, then you must disregard every textbook you've ever read because they were written by men. The Bible clearly states that it is inspired by God, not by the philosophy of men. Just think of it as men used as a tool by God to spread the message (the truth). The artifacts we find in the ground, the scrolls we keep finding of other people speaking about Jesus. Even the Qur'an (the Book of Islam), the Muslims can say that Jesus existed. All other religions are based on works to save them. But only in Jesus there is forgiveness. One punishment for all of our sins. We just have to put our faith into Him and believe. That's all, it's not by works that you are saved! If you are truly saved, you will bare the fruits of the Spirit in your works. I am not saying that by these works you are saved, but by the evidence of these works proves that you are already saved.
Look at the first animal killed in Eden to cover up Adam and Eve's shame. They sinned against God, and because they knew Good and Evil, they saw their sin. They personally believe in Satan's lie, didn't trust in God, and put their faith into themselves. But they were so ashamed when God asked Adam, why they were hiding and if they ate the forbidden fruit, Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent. God saw what they had done and there was no escape. God could easily have killed them for disobeying Him. But God because He is so good he spared their lives. So, for their shame God covered them up with animal hide. A sacrifice had to be made for sin. Do you see the fuzzy image here? Then again when Moses lead the people through the Red Sea, it took 3 days to get across. On the third day, they were across and that was the same time of Pentecost. This is a foreshadow to Christ rising on the third day and saving us from our bondage to sin. People used to shed blood of a spotless lamb and cover the door of their homes so that the angel of death wouldn't come in. Fuzzy image...
Then 700 years after Isaiah prophesied about the coming of the Messiah (the Christ), Mary had given birth to the Son of Man, Christ Jesus. The only sinless man, a spotless lamb, he was sacrificed to cover our sins. No more sacrifices were needed after that. That was the ultimate sacrifice. He didn't come to Earth to judge us, but to bring us back to Him, and to shed his blood on the cross as an atonement for our sins so that we may be saved. In believing, repenting of your sins (that means forsaking your sins and turning away form them), and putting your full trust in Jesus, the law does not apply to you then. You are seen as a child of God, perfect in His eyes. If you put your faith in Jesus, turn away from sin, and trust Him, you will be given a new heart with new desires. Your eyes will be opened and your mind at rest.
The Birth of Post-Modernism
The idea of post-modernism and humanism derives from Eden. Humanism was born in Eden when Adam and Eve put confidence into themselves over God.
Protagoras observed that "Man is the measure of all things ...", which is usually taken as a radical relativism, denying objective truth and hence as essentially sceptical. The most explicitly sceptical of the sophists appears to have been Gorgias, who maintained that:
After these long standing impacts on the history of ideas, post-modernism began to thrive into western culture with the birth of the Renaissance.
Truth and Lie - Relativism
Jarrod | MySpace Video
The actor Jim Carrey illustrates the delusion on reality, as Andy Kaufman, in the movie Man on the Moon with the quote, "I think of the world as an illusion and we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously."
Philosopher Frederick Nietsche once said, "There is no absolute truth."
So, then how do we know what he is saying is true? This is the dilemma: If we think that there is no absolute truth then we must not even think, for when we think and make decisions we will have to deny every thought we've had and any decision we've made in life. But how can we deny anything based on the definition that there is no truth? How can we make such a logical or philosophical predicament with an absolute answer if there is no absolute truth? Why would this sound insane? This is how the post-modern world thinks nowadays! It is pure insanity! There must be truth!
Confirming The Bible
The Bible is composed of 66 books and over 40 different authors. All who wrote from different parts of the world, different times, but still consistent with the message, and most of the authors haven't even met. The New Testament was written in three different continents, Africa, Asia, and Europe. All the books of the Bible were written in a time period of 1500+ years and still are consistent to the message about Jesus Christ our Lord. There is so much evidence to prove the Bible is true.
The Words prove that the Bible is supernaturally inspired, not just written by men. Some people argue that it is just written by men. If that is your argument, then you must disregard every textbook you've ever read because they were written by men. The Bible clearly states that it is inspired by God, not by the philosophy of men. Just think of it as men used as a tool by God to spread the message (the truth). The artifacts we find in the ground, the scrolls we keep finding of other people speaking about Jesus. Even the Qur'an (the Book of Islam), the Muslims can say that Jesus existed. All other religions are based on works to save them. But only in Jesus there is forgiveness. One punishment for all of our sins. We just have to put our faith into Him and believe. That's all, it's not by works that you are saved! If you are truly saved, you will bare the fruits of the Spirit in your works. I am not saying that by these works you are saved, but by the evidence of these works proves that you are already saved.
Look at the first animal killed in Eden to cover up Adam and Eve's shame. They sinned against God, and because they knew Good and Evil, they saw their sin. They personally believe in Satan's lie, didn't trust in God, and put their faith into themselves. But they were so ashamed when God asked Adam, why they were hiding and if they ate the forbidden fruit, Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent. God saw what they had done and there was no escape. God could easily have killed them for disobeying Him. But God because He is so good he spared their lives. So, for their shame God covered them up with animal hide. A sacrifice had to be made for sin. Do you see the fuzzy image here? Then again when Moses lead the people through the Red Sea, it took 3 days to get across. On the third day, they were across and that was the same time of Pentecost. This is a foreshadow to Christ rising on the third day and saving us from our bondage to sin. People used to shed blood of a spotless lamb and cover the door of their homes so that the angel of death wouldn't come in. Fuzzy image...
Then 700 years after Isaiah prophesied about the coming of the Messiah (the Christ), Mary had given birth to the Son of Man, Christ Jesus. The only sinless man, a spotless lamb, he was sacrificed to cover our sins. No more sacrifices were needed after that. That was the ultimate sacrifice. He didn't come to Earth to judge us, but to bring us back to Him, and to shed his blood on the cross as an atonement for our sins so that we may be saved. In believing, repenting of your sins (that means forsaking your sins and turning away form them), and putting your full trust in Jesus, the law does not apply to you then. You are seen as a child of God, perfect in His eyes. If you put your faith in Jesus, turn away from sin, and trust Him, you will be given a new heart with new desires. Your eyes will be opened and your mind at rest.
The Birth of Post-Modernism
The idea of post-modernism and humanism derives from Eden. Humanism was born in Eden when Adam and Eve put confidence into themselves over God.
Protagoras observed that "Man is the measure of all things ...", which is usually taken as a radical relativism, denying objective truth and hence as essentially sceptical. The most explicitly sceptical of the sophists appears to have been Gorgias, who maintained that:
- nothing exists
- if anything did exist, we could not know it
- if anything could be known, we could not communicate that knowledge
After these long standing impacts on the history of ideas, post-modernism began to thrive into western culture with the birth of the Renaissance.
Truth and Lie - Relativism
Jarrod | MySpace Video
The actor Jim Carrey illustrates the delusion on reality, as Andy Kaufman, in the movie Man on the Moon with the quote, "I think of the world as an illusion and we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously."
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