TRUTH
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
î April 2024, LD
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
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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