Truth

Definition of Truth

1. the quality or state of being true.
2. that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality
3. a fact or belief that is accepted as true

Does not give us a very good definition does it?

• in accordance with fact or reality
• fact or belief
• state of being true

We read history books in school expecting that we are reading the truth only to find out later, that history truths are based upon who wins the wars and writes the truth.

We read the Bible expecting to read the truth only to find out later, that the Bible is full of inconsistencies like saying the universe is only 6000 years old.  The image of the Arab Jesus is Caucasian.

The closest that we come to truth is in a court of law where truth is only that which can be proven in a court of law.  Yet, here too, DNA testing proven that many males sent to prison were innocent.  That wasn't truth at all was it.

Or when OJ Simpson was found not guilty of committing murder in a criminal court but found guilty of murder in a civil court...

Which court ruling is an indication of TRUTH?

We believed our parents when they told us that Santa Clause, the Easter bunny, and the Tooth Fairy were truth.

Our govt denied the existence of UFOs for decades then admitted that they were TRUTH.

Politicians tell us they are telling us the truth all the time...  we later find out their comments were not truth at all.

And yet, our society revolves around truth and our perceptions of what truth really is or really is not.