There is Only One Truth |
In a world full of people having different opinions and views about life, how can we ascertain what the truth is?
Only one out of many possibilities, theories and beliefs is the truth. Anything other than that truth is false.
Our planet earth is round in shape and revolves around the sun. That is the truth. Any other statement other than this would be false. Hence, people who once believed that the earth was flat, and that the sun revolved around the earth were very much mistaken. They could believe in the flatness of the earth as much as they liked, but that did not make it the truth.
When students are tested in an examination, they are asked several questions. In a general knowledge test, for example, they may be asked questions like who built the Taj Mahal, or who invented the telephone, or who was the first man to set foot on the moon. Each question has only one correct answer. All answers besides that answer are incorrect. And there is no limit to the number of incorrect answers people may give.
Let's say in a playground where several children are playing, little Richard comes across a scorpion. He kills it by crushing it under his boot. If anyone were to say that Jane killed the scorpion, it would be an untruth. Tim didn't do it, Betty didn't do it, Simon didn't do it. Richard's dog also didn't do it. Not having been actually present during the killing of the scorpion, we could come up with lot of theories to explain its death. In fact, the number of theories people may come up with can be endless...........One might even say that it was a goblin that was responsible for killing the scorpion. Another may say it was an alien from outer space. Or another may claim it was a gorilla that had escaped from the zoo. A person could come up with many bizarre ideas! But only one possibility is the truth, and anything other than that truth is false.
Out of the numerous theories, we may like to think that nobody could possibly believe that a goblin, or an alien from outer space or a gorilla may have killed the scorpion. However, that is not the case at all. In this world we can find quite a number of people who do believe in unreasonable, irrational, illogical and fantastic theories. In other words, you will find people believing in apparent falsehood even though reason and good sense suggests that the truth has to be something else!!
Some people say Truth is unknowable. It is impossible to know what it is. I agree. In such cases, we should say we do not know. But to do guess work and say this or that is what probably happened- is certainly a no-no!
There is only one Truth. What it is we can seek. But to make guesses? That to me is nothing but a huge waste of time!
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