If enough ppl believe something or say it to be so, does it make it true?

If so, why?

If not, why?

What DOES make something true?

I don't think it's true if a lot of people talk about it....that seems like gossip to me...LOL!!! I mean, there could be a shred of fact to it. I guess finding physical evidence of whatever the situation is, can vouch for the truth.

Facts make something true, not hear-say.

Of course not!!! ummm look at the government!:wink or even doctors!! if 9 out of 10 doctors said bees cause the flu, would you believe them?

most of the time with all the facts in front of you, you must make your own decision.

What makes something true? Evidence and facts.

Facts, not opinions are what makes something true!

Facts make something true, not hear-say.
Nicely put!!

Facts make something true, not hear-say.
:yes facts, evidence, etc

That is a pretty vague question to me. Because there are different kinds of truth. there are clear cut truths that can be proven with hard facts, ya know, stuff like this item here is a shade of blue, my hair is brown, I have 2 eyes, etc. then there are 'truths' that many people believe to be true but can't necessarily be proven, like the existence of God, etc. So no, not everything that everyone believes to be true IS true, but there are some things that can be proven with hard facts that can be considered 'more' true than others. Ultimately though, I think EVERYTHING that can be proven in one way, can be considered as not true to someone else. So asking what makes something true, is like asking, what is the meaning of life?

facts, evidence. That's all I take as truth. It's not there, it's not true.

The answer is quite simple: Truth is derived from the way a question is asked.

"Is there a God?" - Factually, no. Old books and ancient relics don't make a divine being, they merely provide evidence of one.

"Is there evidence of God?" Factually, no. There's evidence from an ancient race of people who claim there is a God, but nothing tangible (of God) exists outside of their written word.

"Is there evidence of an ancient race of people having direct contact with God?" Factually, no. All we have are the writings of these ancient people, again, with nothing to substantiate the events ever occured at all.

"Is there evidence proving that these people and events existed?" Unequivocally, yes. There is evidence of just such things, but evidence isn't truth. Evidence is merely a path to "A" truth.

"If there's evidence of a God from these ancient texts, is it POSSIBLE there's a God?" Unequivocally, yes. Just as we have no tangible, factual evidence of God, we also don't have any tangible factual evidence leading us to disprove his existence.

There you go. A simple, quick means of rewording a question to acheive a truth. There's only one thing in the universe that knows truth, and that's history - and until we can find a way to recreate it, we'll never completely know the truth.