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sobriqueWhat is the truth?
Never an easy question to answer.
Dictionary.com say "truth" is:
Conformity to fact or actuality.
A statement proven to be or accepted as true.
Sincerity; integrity.
Fidelity to an original or standard.
Conformity to a fact. Well, if it's a fact that I think I'm the most fantastic person on this planet, does that make it the truth?
Or is it only if it's accepted to be true that it becomes so?
It's hard to ever develop and objective 'truth' there's always shades of meaning and interpretation in anything other than a trivial fact. It's easy enough to say that my computer reports the time is 15:34. It's a little harder to say that that is the correct time. (Especially given what time you may read this post at).
Sometimes an untruth is told to save feelings.
Sometimes a story is told for entertainment, and whether it's true or not is largely irrelevant.
Sometimes truth hurts.
Sometimes it's meaningless.
Facts, when filtered by opinion and perceptions are what make up the 'truths' as we see them.
Truth and lie are not so relevant as our reasons behind them.
All that's important is kindness or malice in saying a thing.
Neither truth nor lie is good when spoken hurtfully.
Neither truth nor lie is bad when spoken with kindness.
Never an easy question to answer.
Dictionary.com say "truth" is:
Conformity to fact or actuality.
A statement proven to be or accepted as true.
Sincerity; integrity.
Fidelity to an original or standard.
Conformity to a fact. Well, if it's a fact that I think I'm the most fantastic person on this planet, does that make it the truth?
Or is it only if it's accepted to be true that it becomes so?
It's hard to ever develop and objective 'truth' there's always shades of meaning and interpretation in anything other than a trivial fact. It's easy enough to say that my computer reports the time is 15:34. It's a little harder to say that that is the correct time. (Especially given what time you may read this post at).
Sometimes an untruth is told to save feelings.
Sometimes a story is told for entertainment, and whether it's true or not is largely irrelevant.
Sometimes truth hurts.
Sometimes it's meaningless.
Facts, when filtered by opinion and perceptions are what make up the 'truths' as we see them.
Truth and lie are not so relevant as our reasons behind them.
All that's important is kindness or malice in saying a thing.
Neither truth nor lie is good when spoken hurtfully.
Neither truth nor lie is bad when spoken with kindness.
