Truth is Truth

 

Truth is truth and isn't changed because someone's perception is skewed.  Ouch! Watch your toes! There is no "my truth" or "your truth", there is only THE truth. Facts matter, precise language matters and we must stop putting our own personal touch on these things.  The mainstream media do this all the time.  Looking at ALL the facts, not putting aside the parts that don't fit our desired outcome, is what a wise person who wants to see the full picture will do. Listening to the full message, understanding the meaning of each word, cluing into who is the speaker, for whom is the message intended, the culture of which the speaker and audience are part will help is truly understanding what that message is.  Often people read or listen to a message and only perceive it based on their own personal opinions, biases, and limits. 

The Holy Scriptures found in our Bibles are so often misunderstood and taken out of context.  Seems to me that those Scriptures are meant to relay a specific message and not up for individual personal interpretation, yet it happens all the time.  The same Scriptures preached from 5 different pulpits could render 5 different messages.  This is not to say that the Scriptures aren't layers of understanding,  they are indeed that.  Most of us have read a verse 50 times and on the 51st time we read it we see something more in it. But we should seek to know what was truly intended by the author(Yahuah). There are 50,000 (exaggeration) denominations in Christianity because so many people are not interested in what did Yah really say.  If we truly embrace what Yah really meant, we may have to change something,  give up something,  or acknowledge we were wrong about something. People want to be god of their own lives and for Yah to be ok with that.  He's not, by the way.  

Truth is not relative, it's concrete. Of course multiple witnesses to a thing will give you multiple perspectives. Yet the facts don't change. Multiple perspectives can give us a more clear picture of the thing. Just remove the bias from the perspectives. Bias, or your personal filter, can really skew the picture of the thing. We all use a filter to view life. This filter is made up of all our experiences and life lessons up to this point. How many of us can put the filter aside when recounting the thing? That would be a conscious act of a mature person. Can we be honest with ourselves about our filters? Can we be discerning regarding our filter? Shouldn't we, if we care to know the truth of the thing intended by author of the thing? 

Still a work in progress 

Teresa