What is Eternal Truth?
Eternal truths are principles that remain the same across time, culture, and perspective—unchanging realities that point to something deeper than the physical world.
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Law of Identity (A = A) — a thing is what it is
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Law of Non‑Contradiction (A ≠ not‑A) — something cannot be and not be in the same way at the same time
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Golden Rule — treat others as you would want to be treated
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Principle of Non‑Harm — avoid causing unnecessary suffering
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Conservation of Energy — energy is never created or destroyed
Example of an eternal logical truth: All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore Socrates is mortal. This conclusion is true not because of culture or opinion, but because the structure of logic itself is eternal.
These enduring truths reveal a stable order behind reality, hinting at something transcendent that grounds them.
Immaterial Realities
Immaterial realities are the parts of human life that aren’t physical yet shape everything we know and believe.
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Humans discover truth — reality exists independently of us, and we uncover it
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Knowledge begins in the senses and grows through intellect — we perceive first, understand later
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Truth exists and can be expressed — the mind can grasp and communicate what is real
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Intellect is a divine gift — our ability to reason points beyond the material
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Faith extends limited understanding — it allows the mind to reach truths reason alone cannot
These immaterial capacities—truth, intellect, meaning, and faith—suggest that not everything real is physical.
True for You but Not for Me
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The video addresses the question of whether truth exists or if it's relative, suggesting that truth is currently "going through a tough time"
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The video provides examples of people who deny reality, such as a woman who feels black a man who wants to legally change his age, and people who declare themselves to be a different sex .
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The video argues that "true for you, but not for me" relativism leads to the acceptance of contradictions and the denial of common sense.
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The video defines truth as something that matches up with reality, like a socket wrench fitting perfectly onto a bolt .
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The video critiques the idea of "my truth" or "your truth," asserting that there is only the truth, which is true for everyone .
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The video concludes that truth cannot be relative; it's not opinion, preference, subjective, or relative, but inescapable because reality is inescapable
Math and Deep Reality
Why Does 2 + 2 = 4? What Math This video shows that 2 + 2 = 4 isn’t just arithmetic — it’s a window into the deep structure of reality. It reveals why some truths are unchangeable, eternal, and woven into the fabric of every possible universe.
If God does not exist, the fact that mathematics maps so precisely onto the physical world would be a happy coincidence.
What is Truth?
Truth comes in different forms because we meet reality through different lenses. Science, Philosophy, Theology, and History each reveal different kinds of truth:
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Science (How) — empirical truth, pragmatic truth
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Philosophy (What) — logical, metaphysical, moral, and eternal truths
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Theology (Why) — moral, metaphysical, and eternal truths
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History (What Happened) — historical truth and subjective truth
Each type of truth reveals something real, but in its own way:
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Empirical truth — what we can observe, test, and verify
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Logical truth — what must be true by reason or mathematics
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Metaphysical truth — what is true about existence itself
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Moral truth — what is right, good, or just
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Subjective truth — what is true from personal experience
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Pragmatic truth — what proves itself by working in real life
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Historical truth — what we can reasonably conclude about the past from reliable records
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Eternal truth — what is universally and unchangeably true, independent of time or opinion
Truth isn’t something we invent. It’s something we discover—through evidence, reason, experience, and the deep structure of reality itself.