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Post #18 by Stradlater
Source ForumMacNN
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateTue, 30 Dec 2003 - 14:59
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050515015326/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=195041
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Originally posted by disectamac:
You were 5 years old. You believed in Santa. Tragically you passed away. Was santa true?


Response: no because everyone else knows santa isn't real


Well if everyone believes the same thing isn't that what truth is?

Is truth our human perception of reality? If it is then wouldn't it be true that the earth was flat if you lived in the 13th century. Or that Greek Gods exist. If it was true for these societies when they existed is that not what truth is? millions of people have lived and died believing in things like these over time.

Only our perception of truth has changed in our time. So is what we percieve today really true?
Truth is all about perception, if you were going based on the "truth" of the society you lived in and it believed the world was flat, then that would technically be the truth until proven otherwise. To the religious, God is the truth until proven otherwise. To the atheist, God is not true until proven otherwise.