How do we separate having faith in truth from having faith in a half truth, or worse a lie? Perhaps humility is a key. We have all kinds of opinions about a great many topics. Few of us are really qualified to have an expert opinion in such matters as global warming, politics, paleontology or the economy. We tend to make hasty and uneducated opinions based upon partial facts or prejudice, and yet as Christians we are supposed to be dealing in truth, as best we can. To be fair, outside of mathematics, we human beings are limited in our ability to formulate absolutely certain conclusions. Perhaps what is missing is a degree of humility, which leaves the possibility open that we might be wrong on a few things. I exaggerate! More accurately said, we are probably more wrong than right, and I believe that may possibly be the truth.
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