Listening to Ravi Zacharias (Christian evangelist and apologist) on the radio, he responded to a person who challenged his notion that there’s absolute truth. “There is no absolute truth,” the person said. Ravi said “Are you absolutely sure about that?” “Yes!” answered the challenger. At that point, the challenger exhibited the illogic of his own statement.

Another thing that tickles me is when I declare that there is a God. I, of course, base that on my conscience and personal experiences with Him. An unbeliever would definitively say that’s my truth. It’s not his because there is absolutely no such thing as a God. In order for that statement to be true, the unbeliever would have me believe that he/she has absolute knowledge (truth) of the entire universe.

I can think of three pieces of evidence that absolute truth exists. The first is our conscience. It tells us that there is a right and a wrong. Around the world, all cultures have within them the sense that things should be a certain way. All of us sense the negatives as wrong, such as murder, rape, theft, starvation, etc. All sense the positives as right: generosity, peace, love, etc.

Science is the second evidence.  Science is the belief and quest that absolute realities exist. In fact, scientific laws are based on absolutes. I’m thinking of gravity. I’m thinking of 2+2=4.

Thirdly, we have to take religion into account. Religion is a proof that we’re not from the goo, through the zoo, that became you. Although not all are on the same page, the differing religions seek to give meaning to life by pointing to a Creator.

We have religion because simple existence is not enough for us. We sense and aspire to a higher purpose. That purpose is God, who as such would know all things and would be able to provide a standard of truth for us. I believe we know and yearn to live for these absolute truths because they are written in our hearts and in our consciences by God (Romans 2: 14, 15).

To deny absolute truth is to deny God. It is to deny His absolute standard of right and wrong, good and bad. Deniers say that everyone should act in accordance with what’s right to them. They don’t stop to think that this implies that people are free to do anything they want. However, I bet you anything that thinking would change if someone thought it right to steal from them or murder one of their loved ones.

The only reason deniers don’t accept absolute truth is because they are intentionally blind to what God has made plain to them; for His power and nature are clearly seen in nature and the heavens (Romans 1: 19-22). Deniers of absolute truth know that if they accepted absolute truth, they would have to be accountable to God for their actions. They only want to live in terms of pleasing themselves.