Truth of the Matter

Perhaps simpler calculations do exist about something falsely perceived/stated as compared to the truth of its reality ..... man's truths are always subject to change with new enlightenment and research continually creating better and more refined truths and better methodology.

I think it would be safe to say a a truth and a system of truths is self validating not only internally consistent but externally as well until a larger system outside containing it or smaller system inside it challenges its accuracy to accommodate the enlarged systems intersystem consistency and interdependencies. Sometimes the truth is so plain and obvious, you overlook it and make it more difficult to find... looking everywhere it is not. You may think something is true but when in a larger context of truths or a more microscopic view (the zoom concept) you discover it is not true and a better truth evolves...true for the micro and macrocosm zooms .... so God is absolute Truth and Perfection, and man made truths are more variable subject to change.... constants are discovered to be variables and variables become constants via controls devised to study them.

One can tell someone, "the moon is made of cheese" .... true that is simple and plain but also not correct, and if challenged is very difficult to explain because of its obvious absurdities originating from fantasy rather than fact; It is neither internally consistent or externally verifiable. It is also a figment of someone beguiling (intentionally misinforming) another, perhaps an innocent child, while withholding the simple truth that "the moon is a natural satellite in orbit around our earth." can be substantiated easily and is verifiable mathematically and scientifically, however it does require knowing “natural”, “satellite”, “orbit”, and “earth” as prerequisites so I think I understand why someone believes what they said is true ... even though we know it is not.

People who lie sometimes believe their lies to be truths and refuse to acknowledge their falseness sometimes simply because of “faith”, emotional consequences, or having to revise everything else in their lives related to that falsehood. So the criminal justice system uses the word intent .... did someone knowingly, intentionally do such and such (lie or whatever).... I know someone would not break the commandment “Thou shalt not lie” but sometimes there is no alternative or it is not permissible to be truthful to oneself or others.

Reality is sometimes incompatible with future life as we know it and might shatter a person’s life in the present time. My husband once told me “I love you too much to tell you....” Our humanity and love for one another prevents us from being totally truthful at all times, and I believe God allows for this with his infinite wisdom and forethought. If truth can be told, it should be. That is what I believe the commandment tells us.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 I thought in my heart,

"God will bring to judgment

both the righteous and the wicked,

for there will be

a time for every activity,

a time for every deed."

In telling a truth, the unlearned hear your lie.... In telling a lie, the unlearned hear their truth. (Yolanda Martin)

History is filled with consequences, but too little truth. (Yolanda Martin)