Friday, August 27, 2010

Opinions and the Truth--8/27/10

Okay so here it goes for my first ever blog post. I got really interested in what Dr. Borders meant by the Truth and opinions. Can opinions really be wrong, or is there no wrong opinion? One student made the comment that there is only one Truth and yes, there can be wrong opinions because there is only one truth or "way" and that all other opinions are wrong. This statement I believe was made in the Christian sense that we believe that Jesus is, in fact, what He says He is, and that He is the way, the truth, and the life. But how do we really know if our religion is THE religion. There are thousands of other religions in this world, so how do we truly know for a fact that ours is the right one? Sure, we have the Bible that tells us Christianity is for sure the way to go, but then again every other religion has some form of literature that tells them their religion is the Truth and that all others are false. So instead of going around in circles I'll end with this. In my opinion, when speaking about religion no opinion is wrong. They may be different, or off the wall, but never wrong because it is what someone believes. If I don't agree with someone who am I to tell them that they are wrong about their faith? I cannot simply because I have no proof that what they believe is wrong. That's all I've got.