Can All Religions Be True?
The short answer is no. The central, most important beliefs of the different religions are very different, and even opposed to each other. Not too long ago I was talking to one of my neighbors, and the subject of our backgrounds came up. He told me that he grew...
Can We Even Know the Truth?
Years ago, I heard a young woman talk about her family life when she was growing up. When it came to the big questions in life—God, religion, worldview, and so forth—her parents would tell their kids, “No one knows the truth, so just believe whatever you want.” That was...
Does Truth Depend on Perspective?
Recently I took a class on the subject of communicating about culturally sensitive issues.[1] At one point, the instructor showed a cartoon like the one above and explained it as follows: “Alfred and Mateo are looking at an image. Now, Alfred is looking at the image from the left...