by hardtobeme 40 Replies latest jw friends
That is what my professor of philosophy asked us last night at class.
He said that Pontius Pilate asked Jesus that question and that it was a hard one that Jesus couldn't answer.
What do you think about this question? What is the truth? Does the GB has any truth? Many would say that Jesus is the truth.
But If Jesus is the truth, what is the truth?
Truth about what specifically?
About the question Pilate asked Jesus....
Truth has many meanings.
It should be an absolute fact free from interpretation, like 1+1=2. Which is rarely the case with most things in our lives, and this is why the word shouldnt be used as lightly as it is.
Then there is just what you believe to be true. This is much fuzier. Which is why "belief" and "truth" should not be treated the way they are. What's true? What do you believe? If they are not absolute facts your individual answers should not be regarded and stated in typical dogmatic ways
Does the GB has any truth?
Awake! 1961 Feb 22 pp.5,7,8
"But then it also speaks of a group of people preaching about the
righteous kingdom of God, a war of God against all wickedness, followed
by a paradise earth without death - all to be realized in the twentieth
century. ...
That now-operating kingdom in heaven will, within the twentieth century, cleanse the entire earth of wickedness. ...
Ive always thought it interesting that Pilate said "What is truth?" rather than "What is the truth"
and then he didnt even stick around for an answer.
About the question Pilate asked Jesus....
The Jesus of John's gospel said a lot of obscure stuff.
Ive always thought it interesting that Pilate said "What is truth?" rather than "What is the truth" m210
Pilate was not aquainted with the specifics of THE truth, of the carpenter.
he had his own definition of truth, (= what is good for the government) so he was fishing.
