Jun 27
If you speak in absolutes under the guise of Truth, you come off as a child who believes he knows more than everyone else. You MAY very well know more than most people, but that alone is not a distinguishable feat. You do NOT know more than all people- because to begin to claim that you resolutely know what is Truth is to thrust yourself into a position that does not relegate the option that sometimes inevitably, you must be wrong.
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June 27th, 2008 at 11:06 am
I know what is Truth. Everything is Truth, everything is true. It’s just not true all at once.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I disagree. What is Truth for you may not be Truth for me.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
They may not be true at the same time, but eventually everything will have been true at some point in time. What is Truth for me at some point in the future will be Truth for you; or maybe in the past they were the same. Or there is also a possibility that they are the same now. The point is that everything becomes true with enough time.
June 28th, 2008 at 10:24 am
If that is True, Summer, then nothing is True…
Which is fine by me!
June 28th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I’m not sure if you are talking about spirituality or not, but as for “Truth”..
I think in reality, OUR truth is whatever WE decide is right because that is how we are as self-absorbed people, which, to me is ridiculous. What if I decide that the “truth” is doing crack?? Would that be okay, because “it’s my truth”? I also think truths can contradict each other: example: A friend from college. She has two kids and a husband. But she felt like her life wasn’t exciting enough, she wasn’t “living”. She said lots of things about “exploring”, “Finding myself”, “not conforming”. So she left them. Walked out.
Now she is wandering around Europe somewhere. That was her “truth”. But the other “truth”? Now she has two little girls who have no Mom because she’s out finding herself. So is her “truth” about herself correct? Or can her truth be wrong?
Making truth whatever WE want it to be is dangerous. I am a Christian. I believe that is the truth. But I don’t think that MY truth should be FORCED upon others by myself, the goverment, anyone. Sharing is one thing. Forcing is quite another. Besides, I’m not even sure if I could call that “MY truth”. It’s not really mine. Ahhh..psychobabble. Round and round we can go.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Colleen,
Do you think that it could be enough to state that everyone’s truth is their own, and can be different from one person to the next?
I think that the simple acknowledgment that my truth may not be the same truth as your truth because truth is much too relative. It cannot be left as a generalization, which is something we want to do– because what is true for us tends to be something we believe FULLY.
Of course each of us could judge another’s truth as untrue– especially if it conflicts with our own personal truth.
Whether we judge another’s truth or not makes little difference. I think the key to not being childish about it is to admit that what you believe personally does not have to be the same thing that someone else believes.
With this post, I wasn’t specifically addressing spirituality, but that’s a HUGE arena for Truth to gnash its teeth at other Truths– because spirituality is SO personal, and usually something we feel strongly about.
Ultimately, what it comes down to for me is not so much defining Truth but realizing that The Way I See It isn’t The Way All [should] See It.
June 28th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Totally. I think that all “truth” is relative to the person. But there are some universally accepted truths - “Murder is wrong”. That intrigues me. Where did we get them? How did we keep them? What does it say about humans?
And that’s a great realization - that OUR truth isn’t everyone’s truth. If people took some time to calm down about it, maybe more people could have civil conversations about things that they disagree on.
June 28th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Oh! By the way, we are getting a house!! I might have to have you over for coffee and gardening 101.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Colleen,
I wonder, too, about where we came up with these simple “guidelines” to what’s right or wrong. Generally speaking, all religions have about the same laws. Which leads me to believe that we all have some sort of ingrained idea of right or wrong– and that knowledge of right or wrong (aka conscience) is guided by how we feel (good or bad). And that good feeling is rooted in LOVE… and if Love is God, well then we’ve come to how so many people would believe that God made these rules.
And I’d love to come over for coffee! Congrats on your new home!!!!!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:38 am
Sometimes, you freak me out…
July 1st, 2008 at 10:39 am
Ahahahaha Lotus. That makes me chuckle.