Assumptions and Presupposition
Objective Truth
Truths that are free from personal feelings, opinions, and preferences are known as
They have happened many times before
We assume certain things because
Repentance
a turning with sorrow away from a past course of action is called
Moral
behavior in relation to right or wrong
Immanent
close; indwelling
Rational
conforming to reason, to the sensible
Authority
having the right to command and enforce obedience
Transcendent
of very high and remarkable degree; surpassing
False
presupposition affect how we process new information
Assumption
something taken for granted
Materialism
the belief that facts are all to be explained by laws of physical or material substance
Communicate
to make another partaker of; to impart; to give a share of; to make known
Truth
A statement of belief which corresponds to the reality is a
Subjectivism
A type of subjectivism which holds that moral moral truths are based upon one's personal opinions or preference is called moral relativism. Moral relativism is a type of subjectivism.
Immutability
God's unchanging, unalterable nature and character is known as his
Moral Absolutism
Is NOT the belief that moral rules are created within one's own opinions or preference. It is the belief that moral rules are created outside one's opinions or preference.
Relativsim
Is the theory that absolute knowledge of things is impossible because it depends upon the mind's purely subjective way of relating to those things.
presupposition
Something implied as necessary former condition is a
Deuteronomy 23:7
Thou shalt not commit murder
Deuteronomy 18:20
Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain