05/23/2025
𝐌𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒: 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐄
"Holy! God is the Truth!"
"Holy! God is the Truth!"
"Holy! God is the Truth!"
I say, "God is the Truth" and people may not grasp instantly. They may believe I am saying, "A higher-presence, subjective diety, is the Truth, or they may even believe I am saying, "An abstract idea, construct of the mind, or a lie is the Truth." And then attempt to challenge my intellect with their on "presumptions". "God is the [Absolute] Truth" is the most truthful statement in reality. That is all.
Truth is not an abstract principle but a Person that relates to all existences. Every time you read the word “God” in the Bible,
let your soul translate:
“The [Ultimate] Truth”
Then ask: Why is that true? And let the Spirit whisper: "Because nothing else can be the [eternal] Truth." The first question is, "Why is 'God' and 'the [living] Truth' the One and the same Being that many cannot grasp?" The second question to research is, "How does the ultimate Truth create everything but Himself?" To me, it just seems people cannot take in the Truth, which God is, because they are too full of other untrue existences in their mind.
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑠.
— 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Here is a dialogue that shows a common behavior:
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Unfortunately there is no solution to death
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, "death" is being disconnected from what is true. Perishing is losing relationships with the truth of creation. Truth is life. To be "true" means to have a relationship with truth. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (cf., John 14:6). Eternal life is not an infinite duration of survival. The eternal life is God Himself. To have eternal life is to live in coherence/love with the Truth of the Purpose of the Way of the Life (cf., John 3:16). The Father is the purpose that sent the Truth into creation (cf., John 7:18).
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, we agree on one thing. The truth is important. And the truth comports to REALITY not magic
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, indeed, because the Truth is related to all things—even if we believe in Him or not. Truth never changes, even when our understanding does. Truth is eternal. Christ is the Truth, the Word made flesh, the revelation sent into creation so that we might build our faith through love (cf. John 1:1–5; 3:16; 7:18). Without the foundation of the Truth, no existence could stand, for all that exists finds its coherence in Him. Christ, being the Truth, is the Creator; thus, Truth is the relational thread that binds all existences. Without the love that expresses the relationship with Truth, no faith could grow to guide us toward God, the Absolute Truth of the Way of Life of the Spirit/Himself (cf. Matthew 22:34-40; John 14:15 Romans 10:14).
Magic, then, is the misapprehension of that Truth—a distortion of reality cloaked in illusion. It often finds its voice in those who masquerade as righteous, wolves in sheep’s clothing, who seek their own glory rather than glorifying the One who is Truth. Rather than sharing the life-giving Word that reveals the purpose of our reality—to glorify God—they twist truth for self-exaltation. But true righteousness is not found in spectacle or self-justification; it is found in humbly reflecting the Truth, who alone gives purpose, coherence, and life to all creation.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, what do you think ‘ truth’ is…… my definition was that which comports to reality
Miracles cannot be truth by my definition. What is your definition of truth?
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, I don’t believe in a personal truth because somethings true must be true for everyone. Faith is not a path to truth because faith is the excuse that all religions must employ and 2000 religions cannot all be true
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, to define the Truth; God is the Truth: He is the Life of reality. He is eternal. He is the only uncreated existence that sustains all other existences. He defines all existences. He is the foundation of all existences because without a foundation, all existences could not stand true. He is the one being that all things are relative to despite space and time. For the Christians, He is revealed in creation as the Way of the Life (i.e., culture) of His Spirit (i.e., essence) for morality. He is the uncreated standard of how to commune with the Life of realiy. If He is the Way to fulfill our purposes, then we must place our glory upon what is relative to all existences. He has an objective presence, whether you have a subjective belief of His presence or not. He is not affected or created by human beliefs.
Now, replace all the "He" with "the Truth" to notice they are interchangeable.
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, to explain faith: God is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (reality; John 14:6). Faith is not the belief of what has no evidence. Faith is the pursuit of what you have placed glory upon to fulfill your purpose within the Life, which is Him, the reality. If you put glory upon your knowledge, you have faith to lead you to have a relationship with your knowledge. If you place glory upon the understanding of God, you have faith in following God, who is the reality you are in. Life is not about enduring creation; life is being communal with what is true. If you put faith in understanding Truth, you follow the Truth. If you put glory upon magic you are tempted to have faith in what is not Truth. To put glory on the understanding of a being is to glorify that being. Glorify the Truth. That is why the Truth is the creator of all existence for the truth defines all things. Without the Truth, nothing can be true for being "true" is to be in a relationship with the Truth. The Truth is revealed, never created, for the Truth is eternal. Religions are not the Truth; they are understandings. Religions may change, but the Truth is eternal. Religions may engage with the Truth, but they may lose their engagements.
Science is the discovery of truth. Religion is the interpretation of the discovered truth. Faith is the glorification of what we believe is the interpreted truth so that we may obey to pursue the Truth. Temptation is following what is deceiving us as the truth to place glory upon itself. The Truth never changes, but scientific understandings, religious interpretations, and faithful obedience may change because they are subjective creations, while the Truth is never created; He is only discovered. It is epistemic humility to know the Truth has an understanding that never changes. Follow what you believe is the Truth, for the Truth has the understanding that never changes. Your God is the Truth, not magic. Worship the Truth who gives you the true Way to fulfill your purpose in reality, which is the relationship with Life.
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, when you said, "I don’t believe in a personal truth," what you're actually rejecting is personal understanding, not Truth itself. Understandings are subjective and vary from person to person, but the Truth is not. Truth is constant. It exists independently of our belief, recognition, or comprehension.
Take gravity, for example. Even if someone denies the law of gravity, their disbelief won’t suspend its effect—they will still be drawn toward other masses. Likewise, while I am typing, even if you don’t believe my book was currently beside my laptop, its presence remains true at this moment, regardless of your awareness or when you read this statement.
Truth transcends perception. It exists beyond space and time. It is not created by belief; it simply is.
And so—even if you do not believe in God—you are still drawn, by your very existence, to fulfill the purpose for which you were created. That purpose is found in Life, and Life is found in the Truth.
Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” (John 14:6)
To reject faith because many religions exist is like rejecting music because there are thousands of melodies. But the Truth is not found in the count of claims—it is found in the consistency with the foundation of reality.
God is not one of many truths—He is the Truth, the source of all that is real. He is the uncreated foundation upon which all else depends. He is the eternal reference point for existence, morality, and meaning. Whether we acknowledge Him or not, everything finds coherence in Him.
So when we speak of faith, we are not speaking of blind acceptance without evidence. Faith is a response to the weight of glory, placing trust in what we recognize as worthy to fulfill our purpose. Faith in God is faith in the One to whom all reality points. 🕊
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, you can’t just pronounce that God is the truth because God is not remotely reality. It’s a construct of the mind which no one has ever proved to have existed. You are just substituting God for existence and truth.
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, I hear you—and I understand why you'd see God as a construct if your frame for knowing truth is limited to what the mind perceives or constructs.
But that’s the heart of our difference: I don’t see God as a projection of the mind; I see the mind as a reflection of God's image.
Just like we don’t invent gravity—we discover it because it was always there—truth is not something we make up. It’s something we encounter, and sometimes, it confronts us. The mind can build beliefs, yes—but beliefs aren’t the same as Truth. One is finite and shaped by perspective; the other is eternal and shapes everything else.
God isn’t just a placeholder for truth—He is the reason truth exists at all. Without something eternal, everything collapses into opinion, including your belief that God is imaginary.
This isn’t about theology vs. reason. This is epistemology—what foundation can truly explain why anything is trustworthy at all? And I believe only something eternal, unchanging, and beyond us can do that. That’s not a construct. That’s reality. That’s God.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, if the mind is a reflection of God’s image that says exactly the same as God is a construct of the mind. You have just cleverly switched the words but the meaning is the same.
I agree beliefs are not the same as truth. The truth is proved by evidence not personal perspectives.
Why do you assert that everything is your personal God. That is not possible. You can say it but that doesn’t make it true
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, thank you for continuing this discussion.
Let me clarify, gently but firmly: I am not saying that “everything is my personal God.” That would indeed be a belief centered on myself. Rather, I am asserting that the objective Truth—the foundation of all that exists—is not a construct of my mind, nor yours, nor anyone else's. Truth exists independently of our awareness or acceptance.
When I say that the mind reflects God's image, I don’t mean that God is created by the mind. That would make Him an illusion. I mean that the mind has been created by God, who is the uncreated, eternal standard of Truth—not something subjective, but the very structure behind reality itself. This mirrors what’s said in Genesis 1:27—that humanity is created in the image of God. It doesn't mean God is made in the image of humanity.
To say that the Truth is proved by evidence is partly right—but only if we understand that evidence is interpreted within frameworks. A purely material framework will always rule out spiritual evidence by default, just as a closed box cannot reveal what is outside it. But the Truth is not trapped in our frameworks.
Belief does not make something true, but truth rightly causes belief. I do not believe in God because He fits my preference—I believe in Him because He is the Truth (John 14:6), and He is discoverable through revelation, reason, creation, conscience, and above all, Christ. If I misinterpret Him, that doesn’t change who He is—it shows my limitation.
So, no—I am not asserting that “everything is my God.” I’m testifying that the Truth—who is God—is the only One who sustains everything, and that remains true whether or not I believe it. Reality is not magic, but it is not materialism either. God is reality and creation is revelation; creation reflects the glory of the One who is before it, within it, and beyond it (Romans 1:20).
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, I agree with you on this point: everything is not God. That would be pantheism, which I do not believe. I believe in the Christian God, who is distinct from creation but actively sustains it (cf. Colossians 1:17). To say “everything is God” would mean the Creator is the same as the creation, which the Bible rejects. Instead, I affirm that: God is not creation, He is the Absolute Truth, which is why He is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent while He is not a projection of the mind.
Why is He omnipresent? Because He is the foundation of all existence; nothing can truly exist without being aligned with Truth, and therefore, being true.
Why is He omniscient? Because He is the source of all truth—the Absolute Truth itself, the perfect and unchanging “form of truth.” Do you understand the "Theory of Forms"?
Why is He omnipotent? Because He defines the purpose of all creation. Without His definition, no creation has reason to exist—for purpose is the reason for existence, and He alone is the Author of that purpose.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, but you do keep asserting that the Christian God is the truth. How do you know that ?
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, that’s a deep and important question, and I appreciate you asking it.
When I say the Christian God is the Truth, I’m not just referring to belief in a religion—I’m speaking about Truth as a perfect, unchanging reality, which in Christian understanding, is not a concept but a Person: God Himself. “God’s Truth” is God’s very identity—eternal, perfect, and unchanging. He does not become truer over time; He simply is, always.
That’s different from us. Human knowing is limited—our thoughts shift, our understanding evolves. This is where epistemic humility comes in: we must admit that, as created beings, we don’t possess perfect knowledge. But the Christian conviction is that God has revealed Himself, not only through Scripture and through Jesus Christ, but even through creation itself.
Here’s how I “know” this—not in the way we know a math formula, but in the way you know something has been revealed to you:
Before the Big Bang, before time and space existed, Truth already was. There was no matter, no moments ticking by—but there was God. And within God’s eternal will, there was already the truth that the universe would exist, and that it would be true in time and space.
In the same way, before you were born, Anne, the Truth already existed, expressing that you would be created. That you would live, breathe, think, question, and exist. Your life isn’t just something that happened by chance—it’s part of a Truth that was spoken before time began.
And even more beautifully: after your life in this universe ends, the Truth will always remain that you did live. Your existence becomes a permanent part of the story reality tells. And that’s the mark of a Truth that doesn’t change.
So, I believe the Christian God is the Truth because only an eternal, perfect, unchanging being can be the foundation and sustenance of all existence. I believe because I’ve encountered that Truth not just intellectually, but spiritually—in creation, in Scripture, in the person of Jesus, and in the Spirit’s confirmation within.
It’s not a claim of superiority. It’s a confession of trust in the One who was, is, and will always be.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, Sorry I see far too many presumptions. You weave word around these presumptions because you are intellectually very good with abstract ideas and words to make private meaning for yourself but not for anyone else.
Do you know that it’s quite possible that further back in time, before the Big Bang, there might be infinite universes and big bangs happening all the time.
Do you believe in Evolution and Abiogenesis? These are the best explanations for life, not God or specifically the Christian God. That is what is true, the most likely truth.
Where and when were you taught about Christianity?
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, I appreciate that you’re engaging these deep questions. I also notice something in what you're saying that I think is worth pointing out with respect: when you speak about what might have existed “before” the Big Bang — like infinite universes or endless cycles — you’re stepping into metaphysical reflection, not just scientific explanation.
Science, by its nature, investigates how things work within the observable universe. But asking what may have existed before time, space, or causality as we know them — that is no longer within science’s measuring instruments. That’s metaphysics: asking about existence itself, and what ultimate reality could lie behind or beneath all phenomena.
I believe science is powerful because it reveals how God expresses Himself through the order and beauty of His creation. But science can’t answer the deepest questions of why anything exists at all — or why this universe is intelligible to minds like ours. Religion, especially faith in the Christian God, addresses that why — not merely the mechanical patterns, but the purposeful intention of a personal, loving, uncreated Being I call the Truth.
You asked where and when I was taught about Christianity. I first encountered it seriously when I was 19, just before I could finish fulfilling my rate in the U.S. Navy due to seizures that occurred after enlistment; it was when I began studying physics at university that my faith deepened. The more I learned about the cosmos — its elegance, its fine-tuning, its logic — the more I realized that Truth isn’t an abstract idea or equation. The Truth is a Person, and nothing is impossible for Him (cf. Luke 1:37-38).
That includes the possibility that He created not just this universe, but a multiverse — or that He used mechanisms like evolution and abiogenesis as part of His creative genius. Denying those possibilities for fear of conflicting with traditional views may be, in itself, a subtle way of limiting the infinite perfection of the Truth. My faith isn’t shaken by those possibilities — it’s strengthened, because my belief is not in how God must have worked, but in who He is.
You mentioned that I might be weaving abstract ideas and words into private meaning for myself. That’s not my aim. I share these thoughts not to confuse or isolate, but because I believe the Truth is not private — He is real life, and I don’t want anyone to be disconnected from Him. In fact, I’ve been glad to share with you this very definition of the Truth: He is the uncreated reality who knows all things, and each moment reveals His presence.
Time, to me, is not merely a physical dimension, but a way God graciously gives us to unwrap His revelation. While He knows all things in one eternal moment, we must walk moment by moment, humbly. And the space between any two moments — the potential, the depth, the revelation — is infinitely rich with His voice.
So again, thank you for these questions. I’m not trying to build a private system — I’m offering what I’ve come to believe through experience, study, and prayer. If you see presumptions in my words, I welcome your challenge. But please also know that what may sound abstract is actually a deep longing to share the Truth that is not mine alone, but who invites all of us into real, eternal relationship.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, thank you. Why the Christian god as opposed to any of the other 2000 gods ? Because that is how you have been indoctrinated or another reason
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Thank you. I love these questions.
To be clear, Christianity itself is not a god, but a body of witnesses of the Truth. Many mistake Christianity as a religion made up of traditions and rituals, but at its core, Christianity is the pursuit of the Truth. Christian understanding may change over time, but the God Christians ought to worship is the unchanging Truth.
If a belief system does not worship the Truth (e.g., animals, forces, self-knowledge or human reasoning known as epistemic pride), then it is not Christianity. The God that Christianity worships is the God—and that God is the Truth. This is often overlooked, even by those who "believe" they are Christians. Unlike the many gods formed by human hands, imagined by the mind (cf. Romans 1:20–25), or represented by any created object—even one created by God—none of these can be the God. Only the God who creates all things except the Truth is truly God. He is not a creation or construct. He is eternal and uncreated.
The Bible, then, is not the Truth in every perspective, but a testimony—records of those who have encountered the Truth. It may change in form, becoming a translation of the Truth that adapts to the perspectives of people, so they may hear and receive the Truth.
This belief is not the result of indoctrination, but a response to encountering the living Truth. The Truth does not make us selfish; rather, it draws us into reality—showing us who we truly are and where we belong in existence. The Truth is the foundation of our being through creation and remains eternally engaged with all things, transcending time and space.
Because of this, worship belongs to the Truth alone—not to lies or to temporary, flawed creations (e.g., created objects or knowledge) that require improvement. For instance, if you worship your own knowledge, you are not aligned with the perfect Truth.
This is why I follow this God: not because of cultural expectations or inherited tradition, but because He alone is the unchanging, eternal Reality behind all existence. The Truth reveals itself and calls us to Himself. I continue to witness the Truth [of the Purpose of the Way of the Life of the Holy Spirit] in order to understand how to fulfill the purpose of existence in the correct way—with a moral understanding that gives me a clear path toward reality. Heaven is not an infinite vacation following our existence in creation. Heaven is about being at peace with the Truth. Eternal life is God; to have eternal life is to be in communion with the Truth—engaging with Him continuously and fully.
Hell, by contrast, is not just a fiery inferno. It is the condition of being troubled, disoriented by the absence of Truth—unable to pursue it or fulfill the purpose of existence. To be in a suffered death is to be separated from the reality of the Truth, estranged from the very Life that gives meaning to being. If you had the wisdom of the Truth of the correct Way of the Life of God (i.e., the Holy Spirit), then you would not be in trouble with Him.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, you love these questions 😂 You like writing essays and that’s OK. But you are still making far too many presumptions.
You claim that this is the truth and that is the truth. How do you know that anything is the truth? Why do you have to depend on ‘ Faith ‘ when you could depend on evidence and be far more secure. Why do you need him to tell you thatIt is wrong to kill your fellow man. Don’t you intuitively know that it’s wrong ? If all religions disappeared the world would just carry on the same way because the universe is not God it is just the universe that we happen to live in for a brief time. The universe does not care for us. You have presumed that the universe is your personal God. You just keep saying that God is the truth. Why ?
If you had not been indoctrinated how would you know that the Christian God was the truth. Remember nothing can exist outside of time or space. You are guilty of worshipping your personal knowledge and beliefs. What is the Holy Spirit? You have your very own interpretation of heaven and hell. How do you know that?
I cannot see a connection between love and truth but you probably can write another essay on that one
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, I understand it may seem like I’m making presumptions, but I’m not claiming that my statements come from my own authority or intellect. I’m responding to what I’ve encountered as revealed truth, not invented ideas. What I call “the Truth” is not just a preferred belief, but what I’ve come to recognize through experience, reflection, and engagement with reality as it reveals itself—not just through scripture or religion, but in existence itself. I’m not starting with faith and then trying to justify reality. I’m starting with reality and discovering that faith becomes necessary as a response to it.
I don’t believe faith is opposed to evidence. Faith, as I see it, is not blind belief—it’s a trust in what the evidence points to when reason alone cannot reach the whole. Evidence always requires interpretation, and interpretation is shaped by the lens through which we view existence. I simply recognize that the material world doesn’t fully explain itself—it points beyond itself, and I believe the Truth is what it points to.
As for morality, yes—many people feel that killing is wrong. But feelings vary, and so does cultural consensus. Some societies have justified slavery, genocide, or oppression based on their own moral reasoning. So the deeper question is not just what we feel, but why something is truly right or wrong beyond our feelings. That’s why I ground morality in the unchanging nature of the Truth, which I believe is God—not in fluctuating intuitions.
When I say “God is the Truth,” I’m not projecting a personal god onto the universe. I’m saying that the Truth is not a concept or principle but a personal Being—the One who is uncreated, eternal, and the foundation of all that exists. I did not invent this. I discovered it through a relationship that began not with indoctrination, but with wrestling, doubt, questions, and what I would now call spiritual encounter.
The Holy Spirit, to me, is the way the Truth becomes known personally—God's living presence making the invisible visible in love, conviction, and peace. That’s not just theology; that’s testimony.
Heaven and hell, as I described them, are not physical locations as much as they are relational realities—either union or separation from the Truth. My “interpretation” comes from aligning what scripture reveals with what reality confirms. I’m not worshipping my knowledge; I’m submitting my limited understanding to what I believe is eternal and trustworthy.
Lastly, about love and truth—yes, I could write much more. But simply this: Love without truth becomes sentimentality. Truth without love becomes cruelty. In God, they are one—inseparable. Love is the character of Truth when it reaches out to what is broken. That’s why I trust Him.
I’m not asking you to agree—just to understand I’m not presuming; I’m responding.
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne. I'll give you my essay about love and truth together to explain how people can believe God is Love and I can believe God is Truth with them.
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, no I don't believe that the universe is our God. That is pantheism and idolatry, which I am trying to explain. The universe is sustained by God as a true existence, it is not the Truth but it is a "true" existence that relates to God. Only the Truth exists out of all dimensions (e.g., time and space) that are created. Know this Truth is eternal.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, if you didn’t start with faith you wouldn’t believe any of this. You presume there is a God then the rest follows. What would you think if a God did not exist ?
Reality exists, OK Then why is a belief in God a response to that ?
That is presumptious….. you presume God caused existence
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, the idea that belief in God must start with faith alone isn’t necessarily correct. It’s possible—and historically common—to reason toward the existence of God through observing reality itself. That is a point in epistemology. The very fact that something exists rather than nothing points to a cause beyond the universe. This is a philosophical and logical starting point, not mere presumption. It’s called the “cosmological argument,” which doesn’t begin by assuming God but begins with the reality of existence. From there, reason leads to the conclusion of a necessary, uncaused cause—what we understand as God. So, faith often follows this reasoning, but it doesn’t have to start with blind faith. In fact, reason and observation of the world can lead one naturally to trust in God as the foundation of all that is.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, so the universe is separate from God. …….. what is the difference between a true existence and a non truthful existence…… too many words and ideas doesn’t make anything true
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, no, the universe is not separate from God. It is in relation with God because it exists. All existences are true because the Truth is related to them. False existences do not exist at all. Untrue existences are lies.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, now you are contradicting yourself because your ideas are all tied up in knots. Truth and God are separate IDEAS and the universe is the only real true thing.
What is God without saying it/ he is the truth because that doesn’t make any sense
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, I’m not contradicting myself — it only seems that way if we treat Truth and existence as separate from their Source. When I say the universe is not separate from God, I mean it exists in relationship to Him, because God is the foundation of all existence as Truth. God isn’t just someone who tells the truth — He is Truth itself. Everything that truly exists does so because it is rightly related to Him. The universe is real, but it is not true on its own; it is true because it reflects and depends on the eternal Truth, who is God. For example, if a woman is falsely charged with a crime and everyone believes she is guilty, her innocence remains true for God, the Truth, who knows her innocence—even if all created records are erased and her name in creation is forgotten. Truth doesn’t depend on belief or perception; it simply is. Likewise, even if the universe disappears, as Scripture and some science suggest, God—who is Truth—still remains. So no, the universe is not the only true thing. It is true only because it is grounded in the One who is Truth. What may seem like abstract “ideas”—God and Truth—are, to me, the reason anything exists at all, and why we care about love, justice, and meaning. They are not even abstract because God, the Truth, is the omnipresent foundation that sustains all existence. The universe and human understanding are temporary; do not worship what cannot eternally carry the glory of creating your true well-being in His (i.e., the Truth's) engagement with you.
𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄: Laurence, far too many presumptions woven into truth, half truths and things you cannot ever prove. If you could just answer’ How do you know God ( your specific God ) exists at all, we could talk further otherwise none of this makes any sense
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, my proof response is simple, but not shallow: If there were no God—who is Truth itself—then the truth of your own existence could neither be truly known nor carry any true meaning. I’m not asking you to accept a blind assertion; I’m inviting you to consider that without the eternal, unchanging Truth, every "truth-claim"—including your own—is left suspended in uncertainty. Is that difficult to understand? Or does it perhaps challenge assumptions you may not have fully examined yet?
𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: Anne, very well... I'll respect your engagement, and I hear the skepticism in your question. But I’d like to point out something that often goes unnoticed in conversations like this: you, too, are working from assumptions — and in fact, your whole response is filled with them. The difference is that I’m simply making mine explicit, while you are calling mine presumptions without recognizing your own.
For instance, when you say the universe is “the only true existence,” that’s not a conclusion from science or logic — it’s a metaphysical assertion. One that can’t be proven in any empirical sense. It’s a faith claim about what reality is. When you separate “God” and “Truth” as if they’re distinct ideas — and reduce “God” to something like magic or superstition — you’re assuming a definition of both terms that I’ve never claimed.
I do not believe in “a god” floating around somewhere doing magic tricks. I do not believe in “a truth” the way someone believes in a preferred opinion. What I believe is that only the God who is the Truth can be good alone. In other words, Truth is not a concept detached from being. God is not a being among other beings. God is Being Itself — the One in whom all reality, reason, and goodness are grounded.
Your question — “How do you know God exists?” — assumes God is something like a hypothesis to be proven, or a superstition to be disproven. But what I’m saying is far more fundamental than that. I am not adding God to the universe; I am saying the universe cannot exist, nor can any truth be coherent, without the uncreated Truth who gives it structure, meaning, and purpose. Without God, not only is there no “magic” — there’s no logic, no love, no reason for the question you’re asking to even matter.
The real presumption is imagining that “truth” can be grounded in a purely material universe. That logic, morality, purpose, and consciousness can arise from chaos without any transcendent anchor. To say “only the universe exists” is to assume the very thing in question — that existence can sustain itself, and that “truth” can be something other than a personal, eternal source who reveals, defines, and fulfills all meaning.
So no, I’m not being presumptuous. I’m being honest. I’m naming the foundational claim that makes all other claims meaningful: that God is the Truth — not in competition with reality, but its Source. Not outside existence, but its Essence. Not merely a being, but Being. And unless that’s true, even your objections to me collapse into dust.
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