Perspective

Truth and lies. One story versus another.

What is truth really? What are lies?

The dictionary definitions would tell you that truth is:

1. Conformity to fact or actuality.
2. A statement proven to be or accepted as true.
3. Sincerity; integrity.
4. Fidelity to an original or standard.
1. Reality; actuality.
2. Often Truth That which is considered to be the supreme reality and to have the ultimate meaning and value of existence.

and that a lie is:

1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.

All right, so basically if someone were to be telling you the truth they'd be telling you the actuality of something, the reality, the confirmation of a fact. Something of that nature. If someone were telling a lie they would be stating a falsehood, or deliberately deceiving you.

But, where do we separate truth and lies? To one person the truth of another may seem a complete and total lie and vice versa.

For example, take Christian man and put him in a room with someone who is agnostic. One of them is going to say that God, the Lord (etc etc etc) is the supreme power and the Bible preachers the reality of things. The atheist is most likely going to look at him like he's crazy and tell him that there are no gods. Thus, one mans truth is another’s lie.

It's all based on perspective. Point of view. Whatever you want to refer to it as. People have different views of things. So what a Democrat may consider right may be wrong to a Republican. What a Republican may consider right may be wrong to a Democrat. It's a never-ending cycle of wrong or right accusations without a true solution.

It may be thought that a solution is reached, but not necessarily by both sides. The solution for one doesn't have to be the solution for another.

Mathematics could be tied in as an education example. To show my point, there can be multiple ways to solve an equation. Say you were in a Trigonometry class and asked to give the degrees of cosine two x is equal to negative one half within the interval of [0 to 2 pi). Well, you can't give the degrees of x if you have two x, so a way to start is the following. Since negative one half is equal to one-hundred-twenty you could put it into the equation two x is equal to 120 degrees, 240 degrees, 480 degrees, and 600 degrees. The reason you have four degrees as the result is because two pi times two is four pi so you can go within the interval of 720 degrees. To get the degree results for x you simply divide each degree amount by two to get 60, 120, 240, and 300 which stay in the interval of 360 degrees so are correct. Another way to do it is to keep the equation in radians. This means that instead of have degrees you’ll have two x is equal to two pi over three, four pi over thee, eight pi over three, and ten pi over three. Then you take those equations and multiply them by one half (which leads to another way to do that part of the equation, which will be shown later) to get pi over three, two pi over three, four pi over three, and five pi over three. This stays within the 0 to two-pi interval and is equal to the degree amounts. Another way to get the same solution in radians is to take the amounts and instead of multiplying them, divide them by two. The same answer is achieved. This is just another example to show that there’s one than one to a story, equation, or way of thinking.

Forgive me if I went way over people’s heads with the mathematics. It’s an equation I had to do on the board today in College Trigonometry and figured I could tie it into the whole ordeal of perspective, because it works.

Back on the truth and lies spiel, could there be truth without lies?

If lies did not exist there would be no reason to be offended by the truth. If someone told you that you looked fat in that dress there would be no reason to get offended, because it would be natural. In that essence truth wouldn’t really exist either. There cannot be good without evil, or dark without light. Thus there cannot be truth without lies. Is a world like this really achievable? If you ask me, then the answer is no. As long as mortality exists... more so, as long as the nature of things remains there will always be truth and there will always be lies.

An age old question... one that may never have a full answer.

What would life be like if there were no lies, and no truth?

Would there be life at all anymore?

What would be the use?

Would it be a perfect society?

My answers: The first question has no answer, nor does the second, or the third. The fourth on the other hand, my answer would be no. It would not be a perfect society.

Feel free to comment, dispute what I have said, agree with me, offer suggestions, offer ideas, or just speak your mind. Anything and all are welcome.

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