THE RULES!!
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•Hands up to speak•Remain in seat•Follow all instructions
THE RULES!!
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WHAT IS TRUTHOLOGY??
• A series of lessons which allow you to explore your deepest questions such as…– What happens when we die?– Does God exist?– Was Jesus God?
• To understand the Truth Claims of Jesus and other religious/non-religious leaders as you consider “What is the real TRUTH?”.
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What else do we have to offer?
• A weekly lunch time club where you can have an opportunity to further wrestle with what we have covered in lessons.
• A website where you can search/question/debate www.truthology.co.uk
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Lesson 1 – What is the TRUTH?
Objectives:• Become aware of your own
beliefs about truth and reality• Understand why the pursuit
of truth is important
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Keywords
• Worldview• Truth Claim
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Brainstorm
What is truth?
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THE MATRIX
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_8Zq_iWuFg
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Questions
• How do you know you are not in the matrix right now?
• How would you live your life differently if you found out you were really in the matrix?
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Lesson 1 – What is TRUTH?
Objectives:• Become aware of your own
beliefs about truth and reality• Understand why the pursuit
of truth is important
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Truth claim cards
Jesus is GodGod exists
There is no truth
• Student A - Based on your beliefs, divide up the cards into a TRUE and FALSE pile
• Student B - Question student A to discover where each belief comes from and separate the cards into different piles. E.g. From parents, from television, from pastor, from teachers.
• SWAP and do the same• If finished…consider
• How can we tell the difference between lies and truth?
• How do you know that what you believe is really true?
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Get out your traffic light
cards
Agree
Not sure
Disagree
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The truth??
God existsGod does not judge
anyoneJesus was a
prophet
There is more than one God
There is a heaven but no hell
Jesus was a false prophet
Human beings are all equally valuable
All religions lead to God
All religions are true in their own
way
Human beings are not good
Jesus died on the cross
The truth is we are all Gods
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The truth??
There is a heaven and a hell
Jesus came back to life after dieing
After we die we reincarnate
Jesus was a good man but not God or
a prophet
What matters is not your faith but only if you are a
good person or not
A just God has to punish all wrong
actions
Jesus is GodGod is completely
good
There are good people and bad
people
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The truth??
There is no such thing as good and
evil
There is only one truth
There is no God
There is no such thing as right and
wrong
Truth is what is true to you
Truth is what you want it to be
God created the universe
Life has no purpose
Everything is God
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What can we learn?
• Where do our beliefs come from?
• Can we all be right?• What if some of us are
wrong?
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Lesson 1 – What is the TRUTH?
Objectives:• Become aware of your own
beliefs about truth and reality• Understand why the pursuit
of truth is important
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Why is pursuing truth important?
• CASE STUDY - Jesus
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What did Jesus say his purpose
was?• John 18:37 - "You are a king,
then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.
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What “Truth” did Jesus teach?
HUMANS
GOD
lyin
g
stealing
hatinglusting
Pure and Holy
Evil and Wicked
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What “Truth” did Jesus teach?
HUMANS
GOD
bullyin
g
lusting
loves
angry
Loving
Just
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What “Truth” did Jesus teach?
Just LovingMust give a fair
punishmentForgives
Can not tolerate injustice / cruelty / lying / stealing /
adultery / lusting
Cares. Does not want to punish anyone.
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What “Truth” did Jesus teach?
Anger towards lying
Anger towards stealing
Anger towards bullying
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What “Truth” did Jesus teach?
CHOICE
Acknowledge your guilt before God and turn away from your way of life to Jesus to save you.
Don’t turn to Jesus for salvation
Heaven / relationship with God / forgiveness
Hell / eternity separated from God / God’s justice
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So???
• Why is it important to pursue truth?
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RECAP
• All worldviews have their own truth claims
• There are many different contradicting beliefs
• Accepting or rejecting a religion’s truth claims could mean heaven or hell if the religion is teaching the truth
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Next lesson…
• Learn different ideas about moral truth and reality and identify problems with these ideas.
• Consider what the conscience is and how it reacts to right and wrong actions.
• Consider what true justice is
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Homework
• Go to the www.truthology.co.uk website to see what your homework is.