Meh. Politics.

Today in politics, which is quickly becoming my favorite class (go figure), we talked about truth. Truth with a capital T, Alisa said. And our discussion made me realize how timid I am to share my beliefs. I mean, that's relative. There are some people I fill to the brim with my naive opinions.. beside the point. I mean, I am--we are--so reluctant to say that people are wrong. We let everyone have their own truth, and we let everyone live in the place that says their truth is just as legitimate as anyone else's. But that simply isn't true. There is Truth, and it can be known. And what some people believe is Truth, is simply wrong. I believe that when two people argue, one or (often)both must be wrong wrong. And this is because there is an absolute Truth. I believe that that Truth is found in Jesus Christ, who literally is Truth--the Truth, the Way, the Life.

People are lazy. People live by tradition and by the teachings of other imperfect people. In this world, we must live by Truth. Sciences are universally accepted as Truth. Gravity makes things fall, everywhere. Just because my truth says that gravity doesn't exist does not make my truth as valid as someone else's. Gravity is True. We all believe in Truth when it pertains to science and facts. Why are the laws of human interactions different than the laws of Science? Truth is universal, like gravity. Truth exists.

But our society tells us that people must live as their truth tells them. There was not a single person in my 1030 politics class who refuted the idea that truth is relative, that it alters, people have their own truth. Another idea: "Truth is what people agree on." That's not True. I'm not one to believe that we're living in a world that knows what is True. We are imperfect creatures; we do not understand Truth. We ask questions and rarely understand the answers. And even when we do, we are often wrong, even when we all agree. And we are wrong not because it doesn't seem right or feel right, but because there is an answer which is 100% True.

Meh. This is rambly and muddled and really makes no sense. But since I was too concerned with offending people and telling them they were wrong, I said nothing about Truth today..and I was bugged. I'm the first to point out my own naivety.I don't get any of this stuff Grey areas are real for me, for all people. But that's only cause we're human. . I know Jesus. And he is Truth. And the closer I stay to Him, the closer I am to finding what is True.