On Truth and Falsity

                           Reality Never Changes

The skeptics seem to believe that if there were a true reality, then every appearance should be exact and unchanging. They present "admixtures" as their evidence that because appearances can constantly change, then no one can tell what the true nature of reality could be. They do not realize that every changing condition simply means a change of systems of reality with each system comprised of true and real appearances. For example, they contend that the human complexion changes when one is in warm air than when one is in cold air. Supposedly, being white people, they meant that one's face would be red in warm air and pale in cold air, and because of that, no one can tell what the true complexion of a white person could be. But they fail to realize that the true and real appearance called "warm" occurs in the first system, and the true and real appearance called "cold" occurs in the second system. Reality itself did not change, only different systems of reality changed. Systems of the reality of sense objects constantly changes, especially if one is watching television, and the stream of consciousness in every human also constantly changes, but only from one real system to another because every individual appearance in all sense objects and thought objects always displays a basic reality that does not change. The skeptics present as evidence for their claims other examples of changing appearances, but only from one real system to another. pb. OP ps. 52-54

The true system of reality covers the entire spectrum of sense and thought appearances. The truth that systems of reality can change, but the basic idea of reality itself never changes can be illustrated by the following analogy. An FM radio station emits a carrier wave of a certain frequency. But the music and voices that one hears when one plays his radio happens to be carried by a modulation of the frequency of the carrier wave by the constantly changing frequencies in the music and the voices. The systems of the music and voices constantly changes, but the carrier wave itself never changes. In a similar way, systems of reality constantly change, but the basic idea of reality itself; that is, of being itself, never changes. The same happens to be true of all the basic realities. The color red can change to different shades of red, but the basic, irreducible idea of "red" never changes. Circles can come in many different sizes, but the basic, irreducible idea of a "circle" never changes. The same can be said of systems of beauty. Even if one judges something to be ugly, one must still possess the basic idea of "beauty" in order to make that judgment. The same can be said of all of the other basic, irreducible ideas in reality such as "truth," "justice," and "love."

Basic realities that never change can only be eternal. God gave these basic realities to humans when He created them. Genesis 1:27. God calibrated the minds of humans to be able to experience only that which is true and real even when systems of reality change. God gave humans intelligence which means that humans can formulate many different true systems that increase human knowledge, which in turn, increases the well being of humans. Humans can also formulate false systems, such as lies, or humans can also formulate systems of speculation and opinion which requires investigation, or the trial and error method, to determine if they are true or false systems. But no matter what systems humans formulate, they all always comprise true and real basic realities. Humans can only experience true, basic realities that never change. Humans can formulate or observe false systems, but every false system always comprises true and basic realities. When false systems become identified as being false, humans use the real and useful idea of nothing to identify them as being false. False systems never increase human knowledge, and therefore, should always be usefully discarded. Since humans can only experience true and real basic sense objects and thought objects, then unreality can never appear to human consciousness.