Is it possible for opposite truth claims to be true simultaneously?
For example: Can 1+1=2, but also 7, 9.5, and 1356.3 - and simultaneously all be equally true in the same way?
Can a square also be a circle, a triangle, and a trapezoid at the same time and in the same way?
Can Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Odinism all be equally true in their religious claims, in the same way and at the same time?
Turns out that Dr. Alvin Plantinga (perhaps the brightest Christian philosopher alive today), along with the Law of Non-contradiction, claim the answer is a definitive "NO".
If that is the case, then what can/should be done in the presence of competing truth claims? Examine and evaluate the evidence for each one (philosophically, historically, scientifically, etc...), and slowly but surely, eliminate impossibilities from the list of options until you are left with only one Worldview that is verifiable, compatible, logical, and liveable - the Truth.
Dr. Alvin Plantinga (and myself) believes this to be the Christian Worldview.
Негізгі бет Dr. Alvin Plantinga - "Can Many Religions All be True?" (by Intelligent Faith 315)
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