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Philosophy of Mind
Are there a universal truths?
I believe what you are describing in your first paragraph is religious pluralism! I think that's really valuable to understand that there is no one source of truth. After all, if there was only one source of truth, then how did Ancient Greco-Roman philosophers find meaning and truth? They didn't have the Bible, right? If you believe in Jesus and God and it makes you happy and encourages you to grow as a person, then why stop? But I understand your question about why God would allow bad things to happen and if They determine everything. This is a big dilemma, and it's something covered in one of the courses I actually made on the site: https://schrodingers.cat/paths/philosophy-of-religion-problem-of-evil I personally believe determinism is true, and physics and recent cognitive studies agree. The question of why science exists and can determine things is circular and there is no good answer, I think. Your last paragraph about how senses and science alone can't define universal truth is interesting. So basically you're not an empiricist and believe everyone is unique to interpreting truth? I believe your "truth" is what many philosophers call epistemology. And I encourage you to keep reading about non-Western epistemologies (like the Lakota course available on this site).