originally posted in:Secular Sevens
There [i]is[/i] only one truth. The idea of there being "multiple kinds of truth" entirely negates the very concept of truth itself. What religious people consider to be "truth" - such as the existence of deities - is not "a different kind of truth," it is merely a baseless assertion that they have chosen to take as truth - oftentimes in place of actual truth.
But truth - real truth - is determined through reason, not through simply pulling an answer out of your ass. To claim, as you appear to be doing, that the "truth" of religion is equally as valid as the truth of science, and that these truths are mutually-exclusive and cannot apply to each other's domains, is simply absurd. Science applies to everything that exists in reality - religion included. The facts that A.) religious claims don't hold up to reasoned inquiry and B.) cannot apply to the realm of scientific truth are signs of their fallacious nature, not of them having equal standing in a different arena that science cannot reach. There is only one arena - that of fact - and religion simply cannot compete in it without resorting to intellectually-dishonest tactics and just plain old ignorance.
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[quote]To claim, as you appear to be doing, that the "truth" of religion is equally as valid as the truth of science, and that these truths are mutually-exclusive and cannot apply to each other's domains, is simply absurd.[/quote]Then you have misinterpreted what I've said. What I'm referring to different [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_knowledge]domains of knowledge[/url] wherein different truths exist. The reason I'm referring to that is because I think it's the best way to answer the OP's question; there are places where one is appropriate and the other isn't, but to an individual, they can be compatible. I'm answering the question more from a social perspective rather than a philosophical one. [quote]Science applies to everything that exists in reality - religion included.[/quote]I agree, but only when claims within religions are presented within a scientific context.