What is Truth?

I had a conversation with a coworker yesterday and the day before. We talked about a lot of "religious" things. But one thing I said I think hit home. I told him, "Look, it all boils down to this - you either believe in absolute truth or you are a relativist. Whether you believe in the God of the Bible or not at some point in your life you will either choose to believe in an absolute truth in this universe that stands in and of itself or you will choose to believe that everyone's truth is just as good as everyone else's truth. Man, there is a truth out there that is true whether or not either one of us believes it or not, likes it or not or even knows about it or not."

I choose to believe in absolute truth. I look around me and I see order. I look around me and I see designs, patterns and artwork. I look around me and see proof of a Creator. I do more research and I find that that Creator's name is Yahweh.

Evolutionists look at me and say I'm crazy. They say that, yes, there is absolute truth but it isn't found in the Bible. They say they have all the proof they need that the universe has always existed as it is in one form or another.

Theological Evolutionists would say that God created the universe by causing the big bang and by developing mankind over the course of millions of years. They would find it unfathomable that I would argue a point that gets beyond the fact that Jesus died for my sins so that we could live with Him.

But here's the point. I take the Bible as literal truth for many reasons. Jesus, himself, quoted from passages in Genesis that are considered fables by some but he saw them as fact.

Matthew 19:4–6:
‘And He answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning “made them male and female,” and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?” So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.’

To continue the point, Jesus died for my sins and yours, right? What sin? You mean the "original sin" of Adam and Eve? Well, if Genesis is a fable then no that can't be right? Well, no, Genesis isn't a fable its more of an extended metaphor or allegory to paint a picture of God creating the world. The days are stretched into millions of years and Adam and Eve are symbolic for the evolution of man. But God did create us, right? Well, yes. Did he create the world perfect? Well that's a hard question to answer. It's either yes or no - was the world perfect? Well, no, it evolved to a point of perfection. So God didn't create the world perfect and Genesis is an allegory to evolutionary creation yet we are cursed with death due to a sin we never made? umm....

What I'm getting at is that Christ came to die for our sin. A sin that was originally performed by Adam and Eve in the garden and was carried through history. Without Genesis Christ's death means nothing and then what basis do we have for following Him?

We either need to choose that the Bible is the infallible word of God or it isn't. Once you start choosing which bits you will believe and which you won't the whole structure collapses.

Want to know more? Check out the link below for a good article to read. I didn't touch on even half this subject (like the evidence against evolution or for creation) so rest assured there will be more. Maybe you would like to fill in the gaps for me. Go ahead and comment on this post.

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Original Sin