Truth
Truth—that which is.
Truth cannot be bent to your advantage, altered to suit your purposes, or hidden to protect your reputation. It is simply Truth. It is. Denying the existence of that which is does not detract from its reality.
Truth is not created. Truth is not defined by what a person believes it to be. Truth is not subject to what appears true. Truth exists, even when masked by a lie.
Truth does not change, though its image may be distorted. Truth does not change.
Truth will not adjust itself to human perception. Hiding the truth does not undo that which is, but creates that which is not.
Truth—that which is.
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Grace on 20 Mar 2009 at 1:21 am #
I like this post. Don’t ask me why. I just think it’s intriguing. It’s very deep… and I like the picture… and it’s TRUE!
Sorry for such a shallow comment on your splendid post.
Kylie on 20 Mar 2009 at 1:33 am #
Great thoughts. I have to agree with Grace–it’s TRUE!
Ehh… I haven’t gotten around to typing up my thoughts on outlining. Someday. I’d like to start discussing writing topics on my blog and seeing what other people think. That is, when my life calms down.
~Kylie
Kathryn Clarkson on 20 Mar 2009 at 4:30 pm #
Your very right, Bethy. Thank you for sharing that.
Altariel on 21 Mar 2009 at 2:54 am #
Firstly I want to know how the debating went. Details, I want details! *bounces*
And secondly, I want to know if you got my email. It’s big, and the attachments are weird from Mac to Windows.
That’s about all. Oh, and I just needed to remind you that this is the fifth comment you have not returned.
I fear all my dire prophesies of you shunning HSB and all are coming true…
*sighs*
Cherise on 21 Mar 2009 at 3:55 pm #
Oh Beth, what a wonderful, reflective post! It is so important to be reminded of the truth of Truth, isn’t it? I keep thinking that the reality of truth is a theme I want to portray in a future novel, because it is so important, and our culture is quickly losing the understanding of it. We need more people like you!
Taylor on 22 Mar 2009 at 5:59 am #
I think that is magnificent that such powerful words can be put so simply. I wish that was how it is more often. I’ve seen times in which the Bible has been put into such a complicated way, that the whole meaning, and power, and glory of the Word is lost.
Thanks for sharing. I really needed this.
God bless your spreading of his Word.
~Taylor [known to most as Zel]
Altariel on 23 Mar 2009 at 3:23 am #
Wait. Truth isn’t so clear cut as you think. Take this example:
The statement below is false.
The statement above is true.
Ok, so which is true? Are they both true? Are they both false? Is the truth relative? *gasps*
*grins cheekily*
Christina H. on 23 Mar 2009 at 10:33 pm #
You might not like me for saying this, but you sound like an LDer. And in my eyes, that’s a huge compliment! One of my LD values is Truth so I argue for it all the time, but you did a better job than I ever have on expounding it. Truth is completely foundational to who we are so it makes for a great value because it subsumes all others.
Stick Boy on 26 Mar 2009 at 9:07 pm #
Thank You Beth,
Unfortunately your definition is not shared among our culture as much as it should be.
In a study done by Focus on the Family they interviewed a number of people in a number of places. At the end of the study the general just of the people they interviewed said that Truth is basically what ever you think it is. I’m sorry it has come to this.
To put it in the words of a homeless person they interviewed: “If you think this table is blue” (Pointing at a brown pick nick table) “Then it’s blue”
She says this in spite of the fact that truth in and of itself is essentially reality.
BrianM on 30 Mar 2009 at 4:24 am #
How ’bout this def form an really old version of Webster’s. Quoted by Josh McDowell:
“Truth is fidelity to the original.”
Just think about that for a while. I think it’s probably the most profound definition I have ever found.
> Brian
liesnomore on 22 Sep 2009 at 6:15 pm #
Very nice. This should be required reading for politicians. Unfortunately I dont think they would care. Just like the homeless man in Stickboys post… they just keep trying to convince us that the brown table us blue.
Mohamed Mughal on 31 May 2010 at 5:41 pm #
Well written!