Talk:Do all religions and philosophies originate from one universal and timeless truth?

Dan Polansky

The question is this: Do all religions and philosophies originate from one universal and timeless truth?

To my mind, the answer is an obvious no. There is, for instance, no chance that (the philosophies of) monism, dualism and pluralism all originate from "one universal and timeless truth". We can narrow down the question to say, only denominations of Christianity, but even here, the answer is no: how could the doctrinal differences and schisms originate from "one universal and timeless truth"? Or should we focus on the verb "originate" and posit that although there are differences, these result from something like bifurcation of an original "universal and timeless truth"? But then, since atheism is a philosophy or part of one, how can the statement that there is a creator of the universe and the statement that there is no good reason to believe such a thing originate from one truth? How could that truth look like?

We can also consider normative philosophies: how can the normative doctrines of secular humanism and the doctrine that the purpose of a nation is to try to exterminate or dominate other nations "originate from one universal and timeless truth"? --Dan Polansky (discuss • contribs) 09:15, 13 October 2024 (UTC)