TRUTH
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
î April 2016, L.D.
Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for educational
purposes only. It is not for the
diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
Truth
is the most important thing in our lives.
Yet some learn in school that truth does not exist. This article is an exploration of the
idea of truth, and how people understand it.
TRUTH
IS AN ABSOLUTE VALUE
Truth refers to an absolute value or occurrence. Truth means something that is real, absolute, and possibly
provable or tangible. If you are
talking about something that you are not sure about, this is called a theory or hypothesis, as opposed to a truth. Truth is more definite and more
real.
For instance,
one might ask, Is the car is in the driveway? The truth is that either it is in the driveway or it is
not. The answer cannot be both at
the same time, and it is not dependent upon who you are, whether or not you
like cars, or anything else. It is
not a matter of a theory or hypothesis.
Another
example is to ask, ÒDid the holocaust of World War II actually occur?Ó Some say it did not. But those who say it was the truth have
photos, accounts from survivors, and plenty of other physical evidence to prove
it was the truth. It is hard to
refute this, no matter who you are, when you were born, or where you live. In other words, there is enough
evidence to call it the truth, rather than a theory or hypothesis.
The above
may seem obvious, and I hope it is.
However, many students today are taught a totally false doctrine –
that absolute truth does not exist, and that truth is whatever you choose to
believe. This is called moral relativism.
II.
THE ANTI-TRUTH DOCTRINES
1.
MORAL RELATIVISM
To understand
the idea of truth, it may be helpful to explore the opposite doctrine or belief
– that there is no such thing as truth or anything absolute.
The
following discussion may seem odd, or going off on a tangent, but it is at the
heart of modern liberalism and leftism, and it is being taught to your child if
you send your child to school! In
fact, it is a good reason not to send a child to K-12 school or to college
these days. Let us explore moral
relativism in some detail.
Relativism. Moral relativism teaches that
everything is relative. There is
no Òright and wrongÓ. According to
this theory, you may believe one thing is real or true, and another person may
think differently, and you can both be correct.
Some think
war is bad, while others think it is good to thin down the population and get
rid of oneÕs enemies.
Some believe
that rape is a horrible crime.
Others think rape is fun, and girls really want it but wonÕt say so, so
it is fine.
Some say
that we should honor all people because all people have Òhuman or natural
rightsÓ. Others say Òthe ends
justify the meansÓ, so it is okay to oppress or kill people to accomplish Òthe
goals of the revolutionÓ.
Some view
murder as the ultimate crime.
Others say that murdering in the name of God is Òhonor killingÓ, and is
a blessing.
Truth
and moral relativism. Moral
relativism states that whatever you think is true, is true for you, and that is
all that matters. In other words,
it is all up to you and your perception of reality.
Judgment
or discernment. Another part
of the doctrine of moral relativism is that one should not judge truth or
falseness. After all, how do you
know your judgment is better than someoneÕs elseÕs? The college professors and others who believe this doctrine
teach that anyone who tries to discern the truth is judging, and is just
arrogant, because they are no smarter or more able to discern than anyone
else. This is the basic line of
reasoning or argument for moral relativism.
What
is wrong with moral relativism?
1.
Based on criteria of survival or long life, health, prosperity and staying in
control of oneÕs life, some people make far better decisions and discernments
than others. If one does not
agree with this, I would say the person is blind. Since long life, prosperity and control are desirable for
individual human beings and for society, the entire argument of the equivalency
of all points of view is false.
In other
words, all discernments, all views, or all ÒtruthsÓ are not equal or equivalent
in value. This leaves only one
option, and that is that there is absolute truth – meaning that all views
of a situation or event are not equal or equivalent. Moral relativism may sound good, but is just false and quite
evil in its consequences.
2.
Anyone who espouses moral relativism is a hypocrite because everyone makes
value judgments every day. One must decide what to eat, when to sleep, whom to associate
with, and much more. If it is true
that all judgment is bad, then these people are violating their own doctrine,
and this is pure hypocrisy.
2.
MORAL EQUIVALENCY
This is
another modern false teaching related to moral relativism. It is the false doctrine that:
1.
There is no truth. There are only opinions.
2.
All opinions are equivalent or equal to all others.
For example,
according to this theory, the notion that murder is wrong is just an
opinion. The notion that murder is
okay is just another opinion.
This
anti-truth doctrine may also be taught to your child in the public schools in
America and Europe. It is taught
in the name of ÒtoleranceÓ and ÒdiversityÓ.
Flaws
of moral equivalency. The premise is wrong because truth does exist. All is not opinion. Also, all opinions are not equal. Some will be found to be false, or less
valuable for survival, human happiness,
or other values. Values are
real and moral equivalency imagines falsely that they are not real.
III.
OTHER TOPICS
LEARNING
THE TRUTH IS LIKE DRAWING A STRAIGHT LINE
Imagine
drawing a line freehand on a piece of paper. This means you did not use a ruler or straight edge to draw
the line. Thus it would be a
little crooked or bent. You might
then go back and adjust parts of the line, erasing little areas and redrawing
them to be straighter.
This is
often how one must approach and learn the truth about something or
someone. Truth, we might say, is
learning the Òstraight talkÓ about a subject or a person.
TRUTH
IS THE SAME AS THE GOLDEN PATH
Tibetans say
that truth is a path, and not just a fixed idea, or a book, or a religion.
DonÕt
fall off the path. The path of
truth is easy to fall from, or stray from. Beware of this.
Many very good people who seek the truth become side-tracked, tricked,
or otherwise deviate from the path of seeking the truth for various reasons.
TRUTH
IS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT
This
is another important idea about truth.
It is easy to decide that because you want something, that it is the
truth of who you are, or the truth of your world.
However,
what a person wants is about desire, not
truth. Desire is a natural human
feeling or urge, but it is not the same as truth.
SEEKING
THE TRUTH IS LIKE RIDING A WAVE
Some readers
have spent time in the ocean riding waves on a kickboard or surfboard. It can be a lot of fun, but one must stay
in touch with the water so one does not fall off the wave, as this can be quite
dangerous.
Seeking
the truth can feel something like this.
TO
FIND TRUTH, ONE MUST BE WILLING TO LET GO OF UNTRUTHS
Truth is not
always pleasant, and does not always feel good. In order to follow the path of truth, one must let go of all
the untruths in oneÕs life. This
is often painful, feels like a loss, and can be very lonely, at times, as well.
In
fact, seeking the truth today, and perhaps always, is a lonely path because
most people are not oriented this way.
TRUTH
IS NOT ABOUT YOU
One might
say, will it can be very personal.
I would say that is opinion.
Truth is about a larger current or stream of life that we can hook
ourselves to and just move with the wave, so to speak. This is a very important principle of
truth.
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