Objections to Correspondence

Objections to the correspondence view of truth come Christian and non-Christian sources.
When Jesus said, "I am the truth" (John 14:6), it is argued that he demonstrated that truth is personal, not propositional. This falsifies the correspondence view of truth, in which truth is a characteristic of propositions which correspond to its referent. But a person,as well as a proposition, can correspond to reality. As the "exact image" of the invisible God(Hebrews 1:3), Jesus perfectly corresponds to the Father (John 1:18). He said to Philip, "when you have seen me, you have seen the Father" (John 14:9). So, a person can correspond to another in his character and actions. In this sense, persons can be said to be true or express the truth.
God is truth, yet there is nothing outside of himself to which he corresponds. Yet according to the correspondence view, truth is that which correctly represents reality. Since God lacks correspondence, this argument goes, the correspondence theory denies that God is true, as the Bible says he is (Romans 3:4). However, truth as correspondence does relate strongly to God. God's words correspond to his thoughts. So God is true in the sense that his word can be trusted. God's thoughts are identical to themselves, a kind of perfect "correspondence." In this sense, God is true to himself. If truth is understood as what corresponds to another, then in this sense God is not "true." Rather, he is the ultimate reality and so the standard for truth. Others must correspond to him in a limited way in order to be called true, not he to them.
The basic fallacy in this objection that God is truth yet not correspondent is that it equivocates in its definitions. If correspondence relates only to something outside oneself, then God cannot be truth, but the ultimate reality to which truth corresponds. If correspondence can also be inside oneself, God corresponds to himself in the most perfect way. He is perfect truth by perfect self-identity. Consider the following fallacious thinking:

1) All who submit to the authority of the Pope are Roman Catholic.
2) But the Pope cannot submit to himself.
3) Therefore, the Pope is not Roman Catholic.

The mistake is in the second premise. Contrary to the claim, the Pope can submit to himself. He simply has to follow the rules he lays down for Roman Catholics. Likewise, God can and does live in accord with his own authority. In this sense he is true to himself.

 

Comparative similarities: homology , Part One

Evolutionist use the idea of "descent from a common ancestor" to explain why the forearm bones of a penguin, bat, and human are so similar. This explanation works for traits in your family, but can it be applied to the history of life on earth? The fact that we use such characteristics to classify organisms into groups does not mean that they are related to a common ancestor. The equally valid alternative is that all of these organisms were created by a common Designer who used the same design principle to accomplish similar functions. Although either explanation may appear equally valid, some instances make the case for a Creator clear.
When structures that appear to be similar to the one another developed under the control of genes that are not related, the common ancestor idea fails. Evolution would predict that the structures would be formed from a derived gene that has undergone modification through mutation and natural selection. Frogs and humans supposedly share a common ancestor that would account for the similarity of the limb structures. The problem is that when a frog's digits develop, they grow out from buds in the embryonic hand. In humans, the digits begin as a solid plate and then tissue is removed to form the digits. These entirely different mechanisms produce the same result, but they are not the result, but they are not the result of the same genes.

              

No more

We will look at a man named Enoch. He was mentioned in the book of Genesis.Genesis 5:18-23 says, "When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died. When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. ²² After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years."
Enoch seemed to receive faith after he became a father after Methuselah was born. He honored God and he was the first person to never die. He was raptured by the Lord.
He was honoring God and one day, God saw that Enoch was closer to heaven after a long walk with Enoch. God said to Enoch, "Come home with me and never die." Many teachers have this joke.
We can learn to honor the Lord and it will go will with life. Enoch honored the Lord and God was pleased. I don't know about you, I want to honor the Lord.

Hebrews 11:5

  By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.