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How can anyone be sure of anything?

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There are many times in history when people have believed something as truth but have been completely wrong. Take for instance slavery, Hitler, and the geocentric model. How one be sure that something is true and not simply blind to other truths? Can anyone really know the whole truth? What truth can be trusted? What model can be used to determine truth? And can the model by which truth is measured be trusted ? Truth is troublesome to deal with when it comes to belief systems and religion because it is challenging to measure morals and mindsets if there is no agreed model in which to measure truth.  Thankfully, we both can agree that the Christian God exists and therefore we can allow Him to be the model by which we measure all truth. And if measuring truth by using God as the model is not exactly agreed upon, then that is something that should be investigated more on before continuing. For starters I recommend the ted talk by Billy Graham where he points out that when it...