Truth is certainly a much-discussed topic.
People will go to almost any length to promote the truth, their truth, even if it means lying.
I hear quotes attributed to places they never came from, using words that were never there at any point in time (until now.) History is altered, erased and blatantly ignored. Facts have virtually nothing to do with statements made by supposedly well educated people.
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth can sometimes be a matter of opinion, but proving that truth requires fact. Otherwise it is something more akin to, "I feel," or "in my opinion."
You have a right to your opinion, but you should know the difference between that and actual truth.
And I think the most important question is why would you want to promote something you had to lie about?
Of course the answer is that many of us don't want the truth at all. We want things to support what we want to believe no matter what.
Somewhere deep inside us we believe that we know what is best, at any cost.
That is a dangerous habit.
People will go to almost any length to promote the truth, their truth, even if it means lying.
I hear quotes attributed to places they never came from, using words that were never there at any point in time (until now.) History is altered, erased and blatantly ignored. Facts have virtually nothing to do with statements made by supposedly well educated people.
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth can sometimes be a matter of opinion, but proving that truth requires fact. Otherwise it is something more akin to, "I feel," or "in my opinion."
You have a right to your opinion, but you should know the difference between that and actual truth.
And I think the most important question is why would you want to promote something you had to lie about?
Of course the answer is that many of us don't want the truth at all. We want things to support what we want to believe no matter what.
Somewhere deep inside us we believe that we know what is best, at any cost.
That is a dangerous habit.
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