The measurement of Absolute Truth

But first ... on the morality issue, I agree we need to appeal to a higher power. But in my estimation there is only one commandment that the higher power needs to give us, and it is this:

"Treat others as you wish to be treated".

All else flows from this very simple golden rule. Given non-masochistic minds can you think of one circumstance where this would not improve the world? It clearly covers your "slap in the face" example. Whether or not we follow the commandment depends on whether we see why it is good to follow (or not).

Matthew 7:12 (New International Version)

12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Now .. on to "Absolute Truth". How does one define "Absolute Truth", it is a rare thing is it not? One definition might be "something is absolutely true if all observers in the Universe measure something to be the same - - at every point in the Universe".

I am carefully chosing this way of defining "Absolute Truth" because some scientists believe that "constants" such as Pi or h may indeed vary depending on where you are in the Universe.

I don't define something to be "absolutely true" if it is relative to a belief system or a set of axioms.

1 + 1 = 2

is true only relative to the axioms of mathematics. There are some cases in the real world where adding two particles together leaves us with zero particles.

Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus all define their God to be the Absolutely True one and good luck to them, it will be a bloody battle if we carry on like that.

Then we get into Quantum Mechanics. Is Schrodingers cat alive or is Schrodingers cat dead? Edwin Schrodinger developed his famous thought experiment to prove how absurd Quantum Mechanics is. But he ended up proving how absurd the Universe is. Becuase the cat is neither alive or dead until it is observed. This gives us a clue as to the nature of "reality" - - to which "Absolute Truth" is intimately connected.

Spooky sidebar, Schrodingers thought experiment parallels Einstein's introduction of the "Cosmological Constant" - - something he called his greatest blunder. Well Einstein appears to be right! The Cosmological Constant is back - - it is required for dark energy and the accelerating inflation of the universe. I guess "once a genius always a genius".

The "Absolute Truth" of what is going to happen in the future is no longer with us due to the Quantum Mechanics wave function and superposition of states. Although we can be almost 100% sure of what is going to happen in the future, we cannot be absolutely sure.

So we're still looking for an Absolute Truth to measure ... well we're not going to find any we can measure in the set of future events so let's look into the past. Ok it is absolutely true that the first post on this blog was titled "Jesus' new covenant in the New Testament".

But is it? I think it is Absolutely True, right now, in a Universe without a God.

However, God is a supreme being. He can change anything in the past, present or future. So he could change the title of the first post in this blog and he could make it so that we didn't even realize it had changed.

God is unbounded by time, unlimited by space and He is supreme, He could make it so 9/11 and the Tsunami never even occured.

When you have a God, there can be no Absolute Truth, other than God himself.

Without God, there are many Absolute Truths.

Absolute Truth, by my defintion above, is hard to find in any place but God, in a God filled universe.