terryfossil 1
5 Answers
FISH-O
One confusing concept Terry. Thruth is about perception ... On more days than not.
lies can be truth depending on mind set.
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| 10 years ago. Rating: 14 | |
One will very rarely meet a compulsive liar... I have met all three ... There also is the master of what can be termed as "B.S."... Also a liar.
jhharlan
Tommyh
The plain simple truth is we all live with lies every day of our lives.Politicians lie.All of 'em.I don't care what your politics or beliefs are they all lie!
The church lies.The cover up of sexual abuse proves it.
Then there are the so called "Harmless lies".The little "modified truths" that get us all out of sticky situations.
Show me a man (Or a Woman) who says "I have never told a lie" & I wil call him (Her) a liar.
Some lies aren't really lies at all.They are just untrue statements repeated by people who happen to believe they're content.
| 10 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
Bob/PKB
Emily Dickinson: 
c. 1846, age 16
"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant -
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind -"
This is great advice! Use some discretion in telling the truth. One needn't blurt out things without compassion. Like explaining lightning to a child, to help him not be afraid and not to look directly at it (like the sun), often to the truth we must be gradually exposed.
| 10 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
robertgrist
A stick is a stick only if you can pass it over to me so I can know it is a stick and then we may or may not agree on what to call it. So stop telling me you know this or know that because it ain't in your hand. I know you're lying cause your lips are moving. What do you expect me to do about that?
In other words...lies reveal only intention without substance. The motive of a lie weakens a fact by its sought after calculated response. Lies twist facts and their meaning to turn benifactors into thieves and paupers into bloody dictators. Renounce a lier and they would sacrifice their mother to make you a scape goat for their crimes.
The benifit of liars is the earth of their own graves. Liars rehearse their treachery and ways to exploit reactions and meanings. By predictable response they lead a viewpoint in their following toward a cliff to have others fell their victims for them. By so ably leading their following they are uplifted and praised for showcasing their old friend to be a villian and themselves a savior of the day.
| 10 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
Truth and lies are usually considered opposites but how a fact is presented does dramatically alter the viewing audience understanding of the events. So lies are simply embellishments designed for effect. Truth has no need for embellishments whatsoever, it simply is what it is. Science is about facts that are rediscover-able by anyone willing to look to the basic information reverent to the presented fact. The basis of a scientific fact can be twisted and distorted in their presentation to achieve a completely wrong answer. An example of this can be the news that 2 milligrams of aspirin is detectable as having a beneficial effect...
resulting in booming sales of 2 milligram aspirin tablets. I personally take 650 milligrams of aspirin daily rather than 2mgs. Facts, understanding of facts and the presentation of facts make the difference.
