How do I know what I know?

Knowledge, by the standards of the American dictionary, is defined as the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. As such, it's safe to say that what one knows is subjective, and wholly depends on how much sense they can create from a given idea or result. People tend to question what they do not understand or know, and as such, knowing comes through understanding the answer.

How exactly can one know what they know? The simple answer therefore seems to be that they know a given piece of knowledge when an idea stemming from point 'A'  has supporting evidence to prove a point 'B'. When one knows something, they have all the planks necessary construct a complete rope bridge across. However, many times, people tend to mistake assumptions for knowledge; having some only some of the planks, which may seem complete, but provides instability when walked upon.

Even though knowledge may be subjective and assumptions for the most part, such as with cases regarding religion, society fortunately has come upon certain pieces of evidence that appeal to the majority of it's members. As such, subjective ideology becomes a more or less unanimous knowledge, simply because everyone has opted to accept it. It's never impossible to find or create gaps within bridges, thus it can be argued that as humans, true and absolute knowledge might just be assumptions in the end.

Our Meaning

It seems to appear that every individual holds their own meanng here in the world. People rarely care for the meaning of others as well, unless it holds a relation to one's own. As such, individual meaning has no value whatsoever, other than the purpose of fullfilling the goals and perceptions set forth by oneself. However, this meaning may be influenced by those surrounding the person in question, along with events or outcomes.

As human beings, we often add a perception of value to our inherently valueless meaning, citing goals and achievements that define us for who we are or want to be. For some, this may be fame and wealth, while for others it may be personal satisfaction through helping others around them and knowing that their presence was necessary to sustain the given accomplishment.

God and modern society

In all honesty, it’s plausible to say that since the beginning of mankind, some humans have never believed in a God while others have worshipped him wholeheartedly. It’s also plausible to say that even in today’s society; we witness a variety of believers and non-believers with a varying image of what they call ‘God’.

You will always see a man on a street corner of downtown attempting his best to preach his form of biblical interpretation, while pedestrians try their best to ignore and not make eye contact. You also have people on a daily basis claim faith to one religion, yet commit the actions unlike of said religion, while according to statistics, the amount of people who actually identify with any given religion in today’s society, never do. (Decline in religion-specific people and an increase in atheism)

In this sense, when compared throughout the past 200 or so years, it’s safe to say that the idea of a ‘God’ has diminished, especially with the advent of higher scientific beliefs and experiments, rather than changed in perspective. However, every single viewpoint of a God still exists today just as it did millenniums ago throughout various religions, societies and specific human beings in general. Attempting to claim a single viewpoint for the entire mass of society would be inaccurate.