"Truth" is a place where all ideas, philosophies, sciences, religions, arts, and any other ideas are discussed to discover whether they correspond to reality as reality really is.
About Me: My name is Mark O'Neil. I am a theist (Christian), a scientist by profession, and an amateur philosopher. I have always been interested in the subject of "truth" what it is and how do we know it. I became ...very serious about "truth" when I had a personal religious experience in 1997. At that moment I became a genuine Christian and began the quest for "truth" more seriously as I wondered how can I be confident and sure that my religious experience was authentically true. Afterall, as Charles Dickens says via dialog between Ebenezer Scrooge when Scrooge encounters the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, face to face
"`You don't believe in me,'' observed the Ghost.
``I don't,'' said Scrooge.
``What evidence would you have of my reality beyond that of your senses?''
``I don't know,'' said Scrooge.
``Why do you doubt your senses?''
``Because,'' said Scrooge, ``a little thing affects them. A slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats. You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!''
This point marked the serious beginning point of my quest for "truth". I began to research "truth", and discovered there are no simplistic "easy answers" to the question of "truth" and how do we know it when we come across it. I have been attempting to compile my research of this subject and related questions into some books. That is my ultimate goal, but while I travel along this journey you can perhaps learn from and share in my quest for truth as I post them here.
About Me: My name is Mark O'Neil. I am a theist (Christian), a scientist by profession, and an amateur philosopher. I have always been interested in the subject of "truth" what it is and how do we know it. I became ...very serious about "truth" when I had a personal religious experience in 1997. At that moment I became a genuine Christian and began the quest for "truth" more seriously as I wondered how can I be confident and sure that my religious experience was authentically true. Afterall, as Charles Dickens says via dialog between Ebenezer Scrooge when Scrooge encounters the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, face to face
"`You don't believe in me,'' observed the Ghost.
``I don't,'' said Scrooge.
``What evidence would you have of my reality beyond that of your senses?''
``I don't know,'' said Scrooge.
``Why do you doubt your senses?''
``Because,'' said Scrooge, ``a little thing affects them. A slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats. You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!''
This point marked the serious beginning point of my quest for "truth". I began to research "truth", and discovered there are no simplistic "easy answers" to the question of "truth" and how do we know it when we come across it. I have been attempting to compile my research of this subject and related questions into some books. That is my ultimate goal, but while I travel along this journey you can perhaps learn from and share in my quest for truth as I post them here.
Hello Mark,
ReplyDeleteI stumbled across your blog when I was look for the poems Creed and Chance, that I heard in a Ravi Zacharias sermon. ( I can't remember which one). I read a few of your blog posts on Veritasluxmea and I chuckled (not at your blog posts), because, here I am on the other side of the world on a similar quest for truth. I guess it's more to prove to myself without a doubt that what I believe is real, because truth is universal, right?
Like the truth that 1+1 =2 , no matter where you are in the world, 1+1=2. Yet when it comes to religion, truth gets shrouded in...something. The hindu grows up believing his religion is true as does the muslim and christian, but I learned what separates Christians from every other religion, is that we are forgiven for sins. No amount of good works or chanted prayers sets a person free from sin.
I realised forgiveness is a truth, that is universal, like love.
Sorry I didnt realise this would be so long. Thank you for writings, its really good :)