.- The apologist Frank Turek recently rejected the idea that truth is relative, arguing that such an idea is inherently at odds with itself, logically speaking.
The 60-year-old author, public speaker, radio host and founder of the Christian apologetics ministry CrossExamined.org told an audience of predominantly young adults at Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, Virginia, on Monday that any statement that “there is no truth” is a “counterproductive” statement because it contradicts itself.
“You hear people say, ‘There is no truth. You have your truth. I have my truth. All truth is relative’… Well, if there is no truth, Christianity cannot be true… If there is no truth, atheism can, “would not be true either. In fact, if there were no truth, would you ever go to school? Would you ever go to church? Would you ever tell someone they are lying if there is no truth? No. Lies presuppose that there is truth. TRUE? Of course, there is some truth,” Turek said.
“If someone told you: ‘there is no truth’, you should ask that person a question… You should say: ‘Hey, is that true? Is it true that there is no truth? Because if it is true that there is no truth, the statement that there is no truth cannot be true, but it claims to be true.
Turek defined a “counterproductive statement” as one that “does not meet its own standard” because it “violates the law of non-contradiction,” which is “one of the fundamental laws of all thought. That says that the opposite ideas or both cannot be true at the same time and in the same sense.
“Is that a relative truth?”
Turek said that if someone were to tell a Christian “all truth is relative,” the Christian can change the statement by responding, “Is that relative truth?”
“It is an absolute truth, while stating that ‘all truth is relative.’ It’s like when people say: ‘there are no absolutes’. What are you gonna tell him? ‘Is that an absolute?’” she explained.
In our current culture, Turek said that people will often say, “there is no such thing as truth, only my truth,” pointing to other examples such as “you have your truth, I have my truth” and “you live your truth.” I live my truth.”
When people say “there is no truth in anything but science,” Turek said the statement can be turned on itself by responding, “Is that statement science? Is it a scientific truth?
Can you go to the lab and test this claim? No, that is a philosophical statement. You can’t test that in the lab. In fact, you can’t do science without philosophy,” Turek rationalized.
“Science says nothing. Scientists do. And why do I say that? Because all the data has to be collected and then all the data has to be interpreted. And who does that? Scientists do that. Science says nothing.
Turek said it’s important for Christians to understand that virtually every dubious question a non-Christian asks on the subject of truth can turn out to be contradictory, the Christian Post reported.
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