Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 12

Thread: Truth

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    6,839

    Default Truth

    What is your definition of the truth?
    And don't say the dictionary definition.
    I know I could have made a better thread. Posting relevant info, posting examples, etc. But I'm lazy and you should all know that, so assume I did.
    Reality scripted TV.
    Chasing fifteen minutes of fame.
    Fight over fuel.
    Violence in school.
    The youth are as confused as I am.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Posts
    6,338

    Default

    Reality is subjective. Reality then is fantasy. Truths define reality. Truths are subjective. Truths are lies.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    6,839

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Skirata View Post
    Reality is subjective. Reality then is fantasy. Truths define reality. Truths are subjective. Truths are lies.
    But everyone lies, so everybody is telling the truth?
    Reality scripted TV.
    Chasing fifteen minutes of fame.
    Fight over fuel.
    Violence in school.
    The youth are as confused as I am.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Posts
    6,338

    Default

    No. People exist in reality but reality is fantasy. So, there are no other people. I am alone as a thinker. All other personalities are constructs of mine to fill the void.

  5. #5

    Default

    I've always felt that truth is a belief or an intent. If someone believes they are telling you the truth, the intent and emotion is there. Whether it is false or not then becomes irrelevant, at least in my own twisted mind


  6. #6

    Default

    The truth is whatever interpretation of the facts will fit my purposes to get what I want.
    The truth may change if my purpose changes at any given moment.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lazzzzzzzzalicious! View Post
    i started to read this and agree with everything rota says. if people just listened to him the forums would be a better place.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dawnseeker View Post
    Rota is correct.

    I don't even understand the question.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    6,839

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Lazzzzzzzzalicious! View Post
    I've always felt that truth is a belief or an intent. If someone believes they are telling you the truth, the intent and emotion is there. Whether it is false or not then becomes irrelevant, at least in my own twisted mind
    Quote Originally Posted by Rota View Post
    The truth is whatever interpretation of the facts will fit my purposes to get what I want.
    The truth may change if my purpose changes at any given moment.
    So the both of you have more single person related truths, albeit the first one can be applied to anyone, while the latter is more of a wanting type.
    Reality scripted TV.
    Chasing fifteen minutes of fame.
    Fight over fuel.
    Violence in school.
    The youth are as confused as I am.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    The great white north.
    Posts
    4,444

    Default

    Truth is much like justice, dependent on viewpoint, on what you know.
    Its all about perspective, as it always is.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    A little ways north of Montreal, Quebec.
    Posts
    5,233

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Lazzzzzzzzalicious! View Post
    I've always felt that truth is a belief or an intent. If someone believes they are telling you the truth, the intent and emotion is there. Whether it is false or not then becomes irrelevant, at least in my own twisted mind
    Quote Originally Posted by Rota View Post
    The truth is whatever interpretation of the facts will fit my purposes to get what I want.
    The truth may change if my purpose changes at any given moment.
    Quote Originally Posted by Demonhero View Post
    Truth is much like justice, dependent on viewpoint, on what you know.
    Its all about perspective, as it always is.
    Agreed.

    But truth also often has beauty and grandeur, though that doesn't change it's relativistic, subjective nature.

    I find truth and honesty go hand in hand. And not just honesty in statements made or in inter-personal relations. But also honesty in perceptions and judgements made. Perhaps the most important application of honesty is to be honest with oneself. And that's not easy. The truth hurts...

    But seeing the world, and ourselves in it, as honestly as one can is, I believe, the only sane way to live, no matter how much it can hurt or dishearten us. Too often I have seen people refusing to do this, even going so far as to live lives that were no more than an endless succession of cheatings and masquarades. Such lives are, to me, wasted lives.

    In other words (and to get to the point ), truth, no matter how subjective, is still the only beacon to navigate the ship of our lives towards, in my opinion.


  10. #10

    Default

    truth is the mighty wil. or maby truth is centered in ones own mind as what one finds most fitting to ones own situation, ie truth is selfish in nature. no sorry it is wildor after all, google said so.


    Quote Originally Posted by Milonius View Post
    GET PI'S TROJAN OUT OF ME!!!
    R.I.P Milo

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •