What is TRUTH?

WHAT IS TRUTH?

“Many years ago, a good friend assured me that “the Truth” would set me free. It sounded good, but I was immediately confronted with the problem of deciding what was truth – everyone I talked to seemed to have their own individual version, and I had to decide who and what to believe for myself. Today, years later, I finally have an answer that I am satisfied with.



“For most children, “Truth” is whatever their parents and teachers tell them it is. They accept whatever they are taught partly because they are helpless (and questioning the “wisdom of the elders” can often be dangerous), and partly because they naturally trust the adults around them that seem to know so much about everything. Instead of worrying too much about what is true and what isn’t, kids copy all the different styles of communication, from the tone of voice to body language and facial expression, and learn how to argue effectively – how to use sarcasm and insults, how to assign blame, and how to change the subject smoothly in the middle of the conversation, so that when they grow up, “Truth” can be anything they say it is.



“If they learn to be very convincing, they can become top – notch salesmen, or (on the other side of the law), successful con - artists. With dedication and training, they might turn out to be prominent religious preachers or high – powered lawyers. If they attend the right colleges, they have a chance to move up in the field of politics. Like it or not, it’s just the way the world works, and it boils down to this:



“You can fool SOME of the people ALL the time. You can fool ALL of the people SOME of the time. With a decent propaganda machine and a few loyal supporters, you can fool MOST of the people MOST of the time, and get democratically elected to run the country. I personally believe that nobody can fool GOD about anything – not even for an instant! THAT is Truth.”



The violence and confusion in the world would quickly disappear if everyone stopped believing in the artificial intelligence of human origin, and recognized that the rest of the universe is not just a “random explosion” of energy, but a precise, orderly creation ruled by the real intelligence of its creator.