My classmate Sam St. Pierre asked a very interesting question. Is there ever an instance where faith transcends truth? In human society, is the truth within oneself more important than the actual truth? Faith and truth have always been interesting subjects for me. What is truth? Does it even matter what is right and what is false? To answer Sams question however, I must say that faith has trumped truth many times in human history. Sometimes some people just force themselves to believe that truth, or certain theories are lies (example: The Flat Earth Society.) But I believe that faith is more adaptable than that and often works in other ways. Most of the time in my opinion, Someone will change their belief so it matches up with the truth. (Example: When evolution came out and gained major scientific evidence, many Christians and others developed the theory of Intelligent design to allow both of these beliefs to exist without conflict.)
As for Sams second question, I must say that this question depends on whether or not the individual would live a contented life not knowing the truth and holding whatever they believe to be the truth. If someone holds their beliefs very dear to them and the beliefs are not harmful to themselves or others, and they do not care to find out the verity of their faith, then by all means they should regard their own beliefs in higher esteem than the truth. On the other hand, if one does value making sure one's beliefs are correct and true, and is skeptical or curious, they should value the truth over faith.
Could faith then be considered a subjective truth, or to take that even further, if there is subjective truth then how would it be different than objective truth? What would the impact of this be?
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