![]() ![]() This has made the work of a Sightings columnist rather easy. Over the last years in this country, we have witnessed an onslaught against truth in the name of fake news, so-called post-truth culture, the proliferation of conspiracy theories, predictions envisioning the end of the republic, and upsurges in militias and hate-groups, each of which champions their own version of truth. Meanwhile too many religious people, their leaders, and their doctrines live assured of the absolute truth of their convictions and their rights to privilege and property, assigning others to hovels or death. Generations of women, from Sojourner Truth to suffragettes to the Woman’s Movement the world over, have struggled against tyranny, abuse, poverty, political and religious exclusion, and all manner of hatred. But later, in the voice of Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and so many others, dignity was recognized for-man. Public figures in the United States assure us that some truths are self-evident, especially about rights and human equality, only to have historians note that the self-evidence originally obtained only in the case of free white men. Philosophers and theologians debate whether or not there are “moral truths,” and if so, what they are. In the academy, there are disputes about scientific truth versus truth as disclosure, deconstructions of truth, and so-called regimes of truth. It is no secret that we have been living through a global debate about truth. So established, that, unless we love the truth, we “Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood “When day comes we step out of the shade, Where can we find light in this never-ending shade?” ![]() Martin Marty Center Dropdown for Martin Marty Center.Our Community Dropdown for Our Community.Research & Faculty Dropdown for Research & Faculty.Undergraduate Program in Religious Studies.What Does “We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident” Mean? American Fundamentals, Part 2 Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence “We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident, That All Corporations Are Created Equal.”.We Hold these Truths to be Self-Evident paperback.‘We hold these truths to be self-evident …’ Can you recite the rest?.We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident….We hold these truths to be self-evident: Opinion.Editorial: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident’.We hold these truths to be self-evident: How the declaration of independence offers a roadmap to a better union.The Era of ‘Self-Evident’ Truth Is Over.Declaration of Independence: A Transcription.“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created….The Real Meaning Behind Jefferson’s Self-evident Truths.What the Declaration of Independence really means by ‘pursuit of happiness’.The Declaration speaks of “truths” which are “self-evident.” What are these “truths”? Why are they called “truths”? What makes them “self-evident”?.Jefferson, Locke, and the Declaration of Independence.Declaration of Independence, and Principle That All Men Are Created Equal – Constituting America.What Does “We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident” Mean? American Fundamentals, Part 2. ![]()
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