One Geek

I don’t think that humans are capable of knowing or comprehending absolute truth. I think that the human mind lacks a common reference point that could be used for finding truth. Even if we found it I believe we would be unable to express it to anyone adequately. I reckon that God is the only one who can actually know absolute truth.

I came to these conclusions after thinking of truth and electric circuits. Weird I know but bear with me, first a quick intro to circuits. In a circuit you can measure a voltage between any two points, but if you don’t measure the voltage relative to ground you only get a relative reading on the voltage. Whereas if you measure between ground and any point you will get the absolute voltage. Also if you connect two circuits without a common ground you can’t measure the voltages between them accurately.

I got to thinking that in terms of truth God must be the ground. That God must be the reference point for truth and I think that it is a cool (okay maybe it’s a bit geeky but hey you are readying “one geek one blog”) way to think about truth and God.

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