Is There Any Absolute Truth?

After the presentations we did in English today, I realized that not a single piece of evidence was voted to be completely absolute. There was always a counter argument or a loophole that disproved what one was trying to argue. I tried to prove that the edge of a circle is never ending and that it can go on forever, which I believed to be a very strong argument, but I was wrong. Students said that the end point would be the same as the starting point and that a circle was not really infinite. It seems that all the absolute truths revolved around mathematics. In We a constant reference is made to mathematics as D-503 feels safe around something that he knows and that can be proven. A common argument that came up for majority of the students presentations was that of opinion. Each person has a different way of viewing the world, and the only thing in the world that can be viewed in one way, for the most part, is math. This begs the question though, why is there so much absolute truth in Orwell’s 1984?
The people of the Party in 1984 are extremely malleable. They believe anything they are told by the Inner Party and Big Brother because they view them as God. The only reason there is little evidence of absolute truth in today’s world is because people are allowed to have opinion and are free to believe what they want. In 1984 the Thought Police control the thoughts of the Inner Party and, because of fear, the members to don’t believe what they shouldn’t. The Inner Party takes advantage of their member’s credulity. How else can the enemy of a country be completely changed without any negative reaction from its citizens.
In Oceania, religion is disallowed, and instead, to some extent, Big Brother is God. I did not realize this until today, but the things that the Outer Party is digesting are believed to be the word of God. It is like if Jesus Christ himself said that “Blue is now called peanut butter.” After the initial shock, many, if not all people, would follow what he is telling us because He is the greatest character of one’s mind. The sole factor that increases the amount of absolute truth in the world is the presence of a higher being telling us that is what it is. Also, the allowance of opinion and free thought makes it hard for there to be a worldwide consensus on certain issues.