Society and faith
This podcast invites listeners to reflect on their own beliefs and assumptions, urging a deeper examination of the building blocks of truth, reason, and faith that guide our lives.
In a world where information is abundant and perspectives are diverse, questions surrounding the nature of truth, reason, and faith remain as relevant as ever. A new exploration into these fundamental concepts challenges us to consider how truth is defined, tested, and understood in both individual and collective contexts.
This podcast dives into the relationship between objective truth and personal experience, suggesting that while truth may be universal, our interpretations are often shaped by personal encounters, biases, and cultural influences. Drawing on insights from philosophy, history, and human behavior, I draw the focus in the importance of transparency in methods of testing truth, advocating for approaches that are rigorous, reliable, and open to scrutiny.
At the heart of this series is the idea that while reason and logic are essential tools in our search for truth, faith also plays a crucial role. Faith should not be seen as blind or irrational but as a necessary complement to reason, providing the foundation for understanding what is yet to be fully revealed or understood.
Ultimately, the exploration suggests that truth, morality, and human understanding are interwoven in a complex tapestry shaped by both objective reality and subjective experience. It challenges us to navigate these concepts with humility, transparency, and a commitment to continual learning.
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Society and faith
Instrument for knowing
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Humanity are made up with this instrument of knowing, and by that also knowing right from wrong. This instrument varies amongst us all, but it is within us all. This instrument can be trained to get better, and it can be fogged by not focusing on this area of life experience. This is the sense of logic that knows the colors blue from red and by seeing objects, and gives it tags. George Herbert Mead (Mead, 1985) focused on this area in the developing of his work on interaction. When children see a ball, the child identifies it for itself and gives it a name or a meaning. An object will be such for the child until the parent or education gives proper name to it. The recognizing and placing of objects in the life of the individual is the same intellect and instrument we all are given from birth. The same is also true for the individual’s ability to know the specter of morality.
Morality can be sharpened, and it can be numbed. By environment different codes of conduct can be taught and understood. The different ethics in different cultures prove that we can have a group morality, but it cannot take away the individual’s free agency. Though it surely molds the being, it is ultimately the individual’s decision-making. If knowledge in morality is a virtue for humans, it can be understood that morals are a common understanding and something of reason for humanity in general.
What gives the right choices in circumstances will always have variety, because we value differently in areas of life. Some focus on the better good of society, others focus on the rights of the human being in that instance. The specter can be wide, but to realize that it exists helps in understanding that it is a part of being human.
There must therefore be something of knowledge in this universe that is called truth. Though cultural differences and historical eras give color and variations to the perspective of truth, the elements of truth must always stay the same. Truth has therefore always been shaded, knowing we have limitations as individuals, technology and time. There must be something pure, something that contains no fault, something so bright that we can’t see it.
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Sources:
Mead, G. H. (1985). Mind, Selff and Society. 60637, USA: The University of Chicago Press.
