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Understanding Absolute Truth in Christianity: Diving Deeper into Doctrines and Apologetics

Explore the concept of absolute truth in Christianity, delving into doctrines and apologetics. Learn about the challenges of relative truth, the role of knowledge, and refuting skepticism. Discover the importance of belief, justified knowledge, and the witness of the Holy Spirit. Embrace the idea that God is absolute and the ultimate truth. Join the discussion on different types of knowledge and the philosophical viewpoints on skepticism.

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Understanding Absolute Truth in Christianity: Diving Deeper into Doctrines and Apologetics

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  1. deeper.

  2. last week • what is christianity? • doctrines • apologetics

  3. class 2 truth and knowledge. deeper

  4. relative truth. relativism. all views are equal.

  5. problems with relative truth. contradicts. impossibilities.

  6. absolute truth. “God is all that ever was and all that will ever be. God is absolute.” absolutism.

  7. absolute truth continued. narrow minded?

  8. truth knowledge

  9. knowledge • belief • true • justified knowledge = “justified true belief”

  10. types of knowledge intuition • i know i am holding an iphone • i know how to use an iphone • i know that apple made this iphone know-how propositional knowledge

  11. sources of justification • intuition (a priori) • evidence (a posteriori) • witness of Holy Spirit

  12. witness of the Holy Spirit And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth. . . . If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son 1 John 5:6-10

  13. skepticism philosophical viewpoint that we can’t know anything

  14. can we know anything with certainty?

  15. refuting skepticism why think we need certainty?

  16. refuting skepticism we can know some things with certainty

  17. “cogito ergo sum” (i think, therefore i am) Rene Descartes

  18. refuting skepticism not the way we really live

  19. relevance. schools. diversity. no matter what.

  20. questions?

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