•Hands up to speak•Remain in seat•Follow all instructions

THE RULES!!

WHAT IS TRUTHOLOGY??

• A series of lessons which allow you to explore your deepest questions such as…– What happens when we die?– Does God exist?– Was Jesus God?

• To understand the Truth Claims of Jesus and other religious/non-religious leaders as you consider “What is the real TRUTH?”.

What else do we have to offer?

• A weekly lunch time club where you can have an opportunity to further wrestle with what we have covered in lessons.

• A website where you can search/question/debate www.truthology.co.uk

Lesson 1 – What is the TRUTH?

Objectives:• Become aware of your own

beliefs about truth and reality• Understand why the pursuit

of truth is important

Keywords

• Worldview• Truth Claim

Brainstorm

What is truth?

THE MATRIX

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_8Zq_iWuFg

Questions

• How do you know you are not in the matrix right now?

• How would you live your life differently if you found out you were really in the matrix?

Lesson 1 – What is TRUTH?

Objectives:• Become aware of your own

beliefs about truth and reality• Understand why the pursuit

of truth is important

Truth claim cards

Jesus is GodGod exists

There is no truth

• Student A - Based on your beliefs, divide up the cards into a TRUE and FALSE pile

• Student B - Question student A to discover where each belief comes from and separate the cards into different piles. E.g. From parents, from television, from pastor, from teachers.

• SWAP and do the same• If finished…consider

• How can we tell the difference between lies and truth?

• How do you know that what you believe is really true?

Get out your traffic light

cards

Agree

Not sure

Disagree

The truth??

God existsGod does not judge

anyoneJesus was a

prophet

There is more than one God

There is a heaven but no hell

Jesus was a false prophet

Human beings are all equally valuable

All religions lead to God

All religions are true in their own

way

Human beings are not good

Jesus died on the cross

The truth is we are all Gods

The truth??

There is a heaven and a hell

Jesus came back to life after dieing

After we die we reincarnate

Jesus was a good man but not God or

a prophet

What matters is not your faith but only if you are a

good person or not

A just God has to punish all wrong

actions

Jesus is GodGod is completely

good

There are good people and bad

people

The truth??

There is no such thing as good and

evil

There is only one truth

There is no God

There is no such thing as right and

wrong

Truth is what is true to you

Truth is what you want it to be

God created the universe

Life has no purpose

Everything is God

What can we learn?

• Where do our beliefs come from?

• Can we all be right?• What if some of us are

wrong?

Lesson 1 – What is the TRUTH?

Objectives:• Become aware of your own

beliefs about truth and reality• Understand why the pursuit

of truth is important

Why is pursuing truth important?

• CASE STUDY - Jesus

What did Jesus say his purpose

was?•  John 18:37 - "You are a king,

then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.

What “Truth” did Jesus teach?

HUMANS

GOD

lyin

g

stealing

hatinglusting

Pure and Holy

Evil and Wicked

What “Truth” did Jesus teach?

HUMANS

GOD

bullyin

g

lusting

loves

angry

Loving

Just

What “Truth” did Jesus teach?

Just LovingMust give a fair

punishmentForgives

Can not tolerate injustice / cruelty / lying / stealing /

adultery / lusting

Cares. Does not want to punish anyone.

What “Truth” did Jesus teach?

Anger towards lying

Anger towards stealing

Anger towards bullying

What “Truth” did Jesus teach?

CHOICE

Acknowledge your guilt before God and turn away from your way of life to Jesus to save you.

Don’t turn to Jesus for salvation

Heaven / relationship with God / forgiveness

Hell / eternity separated from God / God’s justice

So???

• Why is it important to pursue truth?

RECAP

• All worldviews have their own truth claims

• There are many different contradicting beliefs

• Accepting or rejecting a religion’s truth claims could mean heaven or hell if the religion is teaching the truth

Next lesson…

• Learn different ideas about moral truth and reality and identify problems with these ideas.

• Consider what the conscience is and how it reacts to right and wrong actions.

• Consider what true justice is

Homework

• Go to the www.truthology.co.uk website to see what your homework is.