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To: hosepipe
"2 x 2 = 4 .... any that come up with 5 are simply WRONG."

Of course, but that does not explain what truth is. If someone said, "2 X 2 = 5" that would be false, and if someone else said "2 X 2 = 4" that would be true. But truth is the attribute that pertains to all true statements.

Truth is simply a quality or attribute and it pertains only to statements or assertions about something. If I simply say, "penguin" or "phoenix" neither is either true or false. They are just ideas or "concepts." Until I say something about them, that is, make a statement or assertion about them, the concept of truth is irrelevant. If I say, "there are penguins in the Antarctic" that is true and an example of truth. If I say, "there are phoenixes in the Antarctic" that is false, and and example of untruth. If I say "the phoenix is an ancient Egyptian mythical creature," that is true and an example of truth.

Truth is nothing more than the concept for the attribute common to all statements or assertions which are true. To regard truth as more than that is an example of the fallacy of reefication.

Hank

1,075 posted on 06/28/2009 7:13:45 PM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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To: Hank Kerchief
[ But truth is the attribute that pertains to all true statements. ]

Some truth can be true today and false tomorrow.. i.e. timestamped..
other truth is always true.. "Truth" is not as simple as life..

However life defies definition..

Some say Jesus is truth.. Jesus said he was truth..
To humans; truth may remain all wrapped up in Jesus..
Jesus said, "HE was the way, the truth, and the life.."

Could it/that be TRUE?...

1,078 posted on 06/28/2009 9:40:41 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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