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Posted by: Rowell back ( )
Date: July 01, 2013 10:38AM
Fact vs. Truth: an exercise in mental gymnastics...

Which is more important? Facts or truth?

To me facts define the truth. Truth cannot definethe facts.

Here is a an exercise in mental gymnastics at it's finest:

http://thestudentreview.org/fact-vs-truth-navigating-the-mormon-faith-crisis/

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Posted by: brefots ( )
Date: July 01, 2013 11:23AM
What's the difference?

You are right, truth doesn't define facts but rather the other way around. Hopefully the other way around. Anyway, truth is more about honesty, facts are just pieces of information backed up by enough evidence to make them almost certain. It can be a fact that mormonism believe X, but that doesn't make X true, still a mormon claiming X can speak the truth (if he or she truly believes it).

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Posted by: Spud ( )
Date: July 01, 2013 11:26AM
Re: Fact vs. Truth: an exercise in mental gymnastics...

That had a lot of words but didn't say much.

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