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You brought religion and belief into it, not me. You're analogies are awful....still.
And I like dictionaries....they're fun, one should never be ashamed about consulting a dictionary.
Lets get back to the original issue, 'ey.........you stated...." Truth is not fact, nor are they in any way synonymous "
A fact, is true by its very nature.....which makes truth and fact synonymous
(I'm not saying these two words can be infinitely interchanged though)
A truth can also be a fact.
If you ask me how much money I have in the bank right now and I tell you I have $10,000, then I show you my bank statement and it shows a $10,000 balance, I was telling a truth (being truthful) and stating a fact.
In this instance a truth was also a fact.
Today I have $10,000 in the bank, that's a fact (I showed you my statement)
In 12 months time this fact will probably have changed due to interest earned, deposits and withdrawals.
Some facts can change over time.
When you pulled out the straw-man, I figured you were in 'duck' mode. Cool and calm on the surface, legs paddling underneath furiously. Your post is the very definition of straw-man and I invite you to Google it as it's only a couple of clear sentences, so unlike this subject matter it's a quick read and easy comprehension. I corrected that statement, if you care to read and am happy to fall on my sword if that helps you with a 'quick win'
So lets move back from your little segue into diversion and look at the root statement, that got Shanes panties and auto-correct bunched. I thank you for your compliments but the statement and the examples are not mine, they belong to the annals of history and philosophy. "Truth is subjective, fact is not". Nothing you have written has in any way detracted from those words. None of it has come remotely close to proving it to be untrue (see what I did there?)
Your bank statement analogy doesn't even relate. You didn't include time. Whether your balance changes or not, your deposits, withdrawals fees and interest will also be facts. At a point in time the facts state you had 10k. You deposit some, you withdraw some, the bank chucks on a fee and then some interest... but... that fact remains and now new facts are created. That's what your bank statement is; a record of facts, observable and immovable. You can't just choose to discount space-time, because it exists regardless of your ability to recognise it. You can however choose to derive any number of truths from that bank statement. That's what subjective means
A truth can be a fact (you just call it a fact though) but that won't change that the truth you call a fact is derived from the human condition and fact is merely observed to be. (focus on this statement, it's the root topic)
Feel free to have another crack but might I suggest enrolling in a basic philosophy class first. You haven't even presented a coherent response yet just segues, digs and ramblings
Be honest, you're Shane right?