Does truth really matter? Have we reached a stage where the only ‘truth’ that matters is my truth … or the truth of those who have the power? Do we even know what truth is? Have we moved into a post truth society?
The English theologian/historian Carl Trueman, author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, recently appeared on the popular Triggernometry, where he expressed the view that what should concern us most in this post-truth technocratic society, are the children.
Why should this concern us? If children are growing up in a world without absolute truth, they will find themselves facing a confused reality – indeed they will struggle to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Believing that Santa is real, that fairies do exist at the bottom of your garden, and unicorns really do talk and turn you…
