The final illustration of yesterday’s post was inspired by memories of a time when I was foolish enough to argue with postmoderns. No other endeavor could be more frustrating in its futility. I cannot recall any of those discussions without the phrase “What is truth?” jumping up and down in my head like a three-year-old on a sugar high. That’s what I get for arguing with three-year-olds, I guess. Anyway, I’ve come to a conclusion about these people, and it goes, in its kindest, gentlest form, like this:
“What is truth?” is an insincere, lying question. Everyone knows what truth is. We may not know what is true — everyone knows some truth (Romans 2:14–15), and none of us know all truth (1 Corinthians 13:12) — but we know what truth is.
“What is truth?” is nothing less than the retort of rebels against truths, particular or general, and anyone — God, ultimately — who would impose truth claims on them. It is the evasion of Pilate (John 18:37–38). Rather than dealing directly with the truth, it challenges the existence of truth itself. While the serpent asked, “Did God say?” the rebel against truth asks, “What is God?”
Therefore, “What is truth?” is not a question worthy of consideration. Those who ask do not deserve the respect of an answer, and they know it. They are of their father, and he is the father of lies (John 8:44).
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#1 || 10·12·16··14:36 || Kim Shay
As the teens in my youth group would say, "Word."
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