It’s never been more important to know the truth than in the context of today! Freedom is on the line! But how good are the methods used to discern truth? Are they effective? Are they reliable? In this podcast we discuss 2 easy mistakes that many truth seekers fall into. They are super important because they affect our ability to achieve certainty and to pass on knowledge to others.

We must be able to scrutinise government policies, pandemics, climate emergency, terrorism, etc, and if we find them to be flawed or making false claims we must be able to explain why. We must rise to the challenge of being savvy and astute thinkers who can see through the propaganda! We need to know which ideas are false and which are true and we need to be certain of our conclusions.

 The Traps – Mysticism and Emotions

All truth seekers face two potential traps. They can easily be tempted into considering faith and/or emotions as a means to knowing truth. Faith is what people are appealing to when they talk about “just knowing”. But reason is your ONLY guide to truth.

It is crucial for us truth seekers to understand the consequences of believing that faith and emotions can be guides in discerning truth.

* You can be hoodwinked or conned if you habitually believe on faith.

* You can be controlled by fear if you habitually believe according to how you feel.

* You will never achieve certainty beyond a reasonable doubt in what you know.

* You will be unable to demonstrate with any certainty what is true.

* YOU CANNOT DEFEND FREEDOM FROM THIS BASIS.

BEWARE OF FAITH

What is faith? It is belief in ideas when no reasons can be offered to substantiate them. It is the belief that reasons are unnecessary. Faith is the antithesis of reason.

If you accept something on faith you cannot possibly know why it is true. You cannot explain to others why it is true, you can only tell them its true. You can pass on ready made conclusions but you cannot pass on knowledge and understanding. This is no basis for any movement, never mind a truth movement!

If you accept ideas on faith you cannot achieve certainty. Certainty is a measure of how much evidence supports a claim or proposition. By definition you will have none.

If you accept ideas on faith you are relegated to the position of a child – of simply accepting what you are told, and doing what you are told.

BEWARE OF EMOTIONS

It is similar with emotions. Because ultimately faith is belief based on how you feel as well. When reason and logic are renounced all you left is your emotions.

When you accept that emotions are a means to know reality you avail yourself to emotional control. You can be manipulated into behaving a certain way through fear. Only when you hold reason as your sole means to gain knowledge can you know if a threat is genuine before you act on it.

Accepting ideas as true on the basis of faith or emotions leaves you without knowledge, only hearsay. You cannot rally troops and truth seeking foot soldiers without reasons. You cannot win against the globalists by holding up ideas you have no clue how to validate.

Reason – your only guide to knowledge

For a detailed explanation of why reason is your only guide to truth check out this post.

Freedom and truth have no chance until and unless people grasp that reason is their ONLY means to knowledge because adopting ideas without reasons – even if they are true – cannot be considered knowledge. You cannot pass on understanding without reasons. You cannot launch a crusade for freedom without truth on your side along with the reasons why. How will you persuade anyone to join your revolution if you have no reasons?

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