In certain apologetic circles, it is common to hear the refrain, “there is no such thing as my truth or your truth but only the Truth.” This critique infers that all expressions of ‘my truth’ entail a denial of objective otruth. But, if ‘my truth’ does not logically deny objective truth, then this apologetic approach creates an unnecessary chasm between the Christian and non-Christian thinker. However, we can bridge this gap by using ‘my truth’ as an epistemic bridge to 'the Truth.' In support of this apologetic I offer three arguments.
First, the language of ‘my truth’ is not a de facto commitment to Relativism nor does it commit one to the epistemic, standpoint, or pragmatic theories of truth.
Second, a prudent rhetorical embrace of the colloquial ‘my truth’ offers us an a posteriori apologetic which can effectively leverage a person's subjective experience as evidence for 'the Truth.'
Third, the Apostle Paul’s use of experience as an incantational apologetic of falsification and verification for the Gospel serves as a model for embracing ‘my truth’ language.
These three arguments show the real value of embracing the rhetoric of ‘my truth’ for a Christian apologetic which remains grounded in both the mind-independent truth of the Gospel and the transcendent reality of God.
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The danger of any apologetic that dismisses all claims of my truth as a rejection of the truth is that we reduce truth to an external proposition instead of an embodied reality that transforms us into the very image of God.
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