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