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I wish to distinguish between the kind of [[information]] that is commonly called "[[truth]]" in the average person's [[mind]], but is really another way of describing a fact which is [[empirical]], verifiable, and repeatable and the "truth" which is an attempt on the part of [[rational]] creatures to ascertain the [[meaning]] of the inter-association of facts in the larger inter-association and larger [[perspective]] which is termed "truth". Because of the success of the [[scientific method]] in ascertaining facts, many are led to decide that this [[method]] is also the only method to ascertain [[truth]]; it not being clearly [[understood]] how facts differ from truth, per se. Therefor, for many, any method of achieving truth which does not follow the strict [[scientific]], empirical approach is considered out of court, is automatically ruled out as having no [[value]]. But because [[the universe]] is constructed on [[three]] levels of [[reality]], [[material]], [[mindal]], and [[spiritual]], truth is a larger [[reality]] than that which emerges from an [[analysis]] and an attempt to understand the collection of material facts. [[Truth]] embraces facts, their [[meaning]] and their [[relative]] [[value]], which is the spiritual level.

I wish to distinguish between the kind of [[information]] that is commonly called "[[truth]]" in the average person's [[mind]], but is really another way of describing a fact which is [[empirical]], verifiable, and repeatable and the "truth" which is an attempt on the part of [[rational]] creatures to ascertain the [[meaning]] of the inter-association of facts in the larger inter-association and larger [[perspective]] which is termed "truth". Because of the success of the [[scientific method]] in ascertaining facts, many are led to decide that this [[method]] is also the only method to ascertain [[truth]]; it not being clearly [[understood]] how facts differ from truth, per se. Therefor, for many, any method of achieving truth which does not follow the strict [[scientific]], empirical approach is considered out of court, is automatically ruled out as having no [[value]]. But because [[the universe]] is constructed on [[three]] levels of [[reality]], [[material]], [[mindal]], and [[spiritual]], truth is a larger [[reality]] than that which emerges from an [[analysis]] and an attempt to understand the collection of material facts. [[Truth]] embraces facts, their [[meaning]] and their [[relative]] [[value]], which is the spiritual level.

Jesus was one of those precocious children whose [[inquisitive]] mind searched for [[consistency]] among the [[facts]] of his [[experience]]. He challenged his [[elders]], his parents, [[124:1|his Chazan]] to explain the [[meaning]] of natural [[phenomena]] which in his day were attributed to the [[action]] of [[God]], such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquakes earthquakes], [[lightning]], [[thunder]], etc. [[Jesus]] was a truth [[seeker]] and he early learned to find truth from many [[directions]], not the least of which was his naturally scientific bent of mind.

Jesus was one of those precocious children whose [[inquisitive]] mind searched for [[consistency]] among the [[facts]] of his [[experience]]. He challenged his [[elders]], his parents, [[124:1|his Chazan]] to explain the [[meaning]] of natural [[phenomena]] which in his day were attributed to the [[action]] of [[God]], such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquakes earthquakes], [[lightning]], [[thunder]], etc. [[Jesus]] was a truth [[seeker]] and he early learned to find truth from many [[directions]], not the least of which was his naturally scientific bent of mind.

If a person has decided philosophically that there is only one level of [[reality]], the [[material]] level,....that is a [[faith]] [[assumption]]. It cannot be "proved" by any scientific means. It requires as much faith to be an [[atheist]] as it does to be a theist, a believer in [[Deity]], for neither world view can be proved in any sense by [[scientific]] procedure, for the realm of Deity is the realm of [[Spirit]]. Therefor "[[truth]]" comes in the human experience from all three levels of reality and is [[integrated]] in the [[mindal]] arena which is between the other two levels.

If a person has decided philosophically that there is only one level of [[reality]], the [[material]] level,....that is a [[faith]] [[assumption]]. It cannot be "proved" by any scientific means. It requires as much faith to be an [[atheist]] as it does to be a theist, a believer in [[Deity]], for neither world view can be proved in any sense by [[scientific]] procedure, for the realm of Deity is the realm of [[Spirit]]. Therefor "[[truth]]" comes in the human experience from all three levels of reality and is [[integrated]] in the [[mindal]] arena which is between the other two levels.