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twb1621
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At its very depth… its core, this question applies to our society today more than ever before. Moreso than when Pilate asked Jesus. When do we turn back to the Truth?
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Tietjen
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Truth is an absolute (either universal or individual) independent of personal preferences and unswayed by relativism. In John 14:6 Christ declares Himself “the Way, the Truth, and the Life…” Therefore, it can be said that God is Truth in the most absolute and fullest sense imaginable.
Today’s society, in general, fails to recognize God and therefore sees truth as relative, undefinable, and certainly not an absolute.
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Ferds_Guiang
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Christ as Truth is the Light of the world. But so many people (even Christians sad to say) want to remain in “darkness”. If we live by the Truth we shall feel the power that underlies this. At times it may be frightening to accept the Truth but Christ assures as to have no fear because the Truth sets us free- freedom from every form of slavery especially the slavery to sin.
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KyivAndrew
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Just as an aside, I have always wondered why Christ did not respond to Pilate’s loaded question: “what is truth?”. John’s gospel makes it look that Pilate, immediately after asking the question, left Jesus, as if it was a rhetorical question or something; or maybe it was just Christ refusing to respond voluminously to all the accusations made against Him at his questioning before sentence. 
Meaning He Had a Job to be Accomplished, and not establishing a legal Defense.
Meaning He Had a Job to be Accomplished, and not establishing a legal Defense.
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jegow
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Suppose the answer would be now.
Today’s problem is that there are too many people who don’t even bother asking that question - what is truth. Sometimes people could care less what the truth is. But that is where evangelization comes in - there are a lot of people to still reach.
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Joe_Kelley
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I saw someone speculating that He did respond. I have mislaid the Latin wording but the Latin question “What is truth” is an anagram of the Latin “It is the man before you.” Probably not true, but an interesting word play.
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timotheos
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Found it.
But to the original question, “What is truth?” It applies to each and every human of every generation. In effect, it asks “can I decide what constitutes reality, or is it outside and independent of me”? Am I its master, or is it master over me? And we use our senses to observe, our minds to evaluate, and our testing and reasoning ability to find the answer to this question “what is truth?”. It is not just an intellectual exercise, rather it is a fundamental expression of our understanding of reality itself. It takes our own existence as granted (at least for the time being), and it challenges us to explore whether our existence is really all there is. As government, law, science, technology, power, entertainment, physical comforts, pagan beliefs, money fail us (as they always do), the question comes back to us, louder than ever: WHAT IS TRUTH!?!!? “What” indeed. It is only and always a “what” if you put yourself at its center. Truth is a who, a relationship with the Almighty, with God at the center, and me as nothing, completely and utterly dependent on Him. From now until the last seconds of my earthly existence.
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Joe_Kelley
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timotheos - Thanks. Maybe I can remember where I put it this time. 
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GratefulFred
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I do not have the complete best answer to What is Truth?
If something is true, then it must be true for all people and at all times.
It is the nature of the human being to seek the truth. But some (many?) people run from the truth as soon as they glimpse it because they are afraid of its demands.
However, the search for truth looks towards an ulterior truth which would explain the meaning of life.
The search for truth leads to a deeper understanding and interpretation of the person, and of the person’s freedom and relationships with the world and with God.
We have all heard of God. God who IS truth and does not lie. God who loves us and wants for us our eternal happiness. God who has revealed Himself to us through the Scriptures and His Son Jesus Christ.
If one honestly is searching for the answer to What is Truth, then one must honestly try to understand God’s Revelation through Jesus Christ. That is very hard to do on our own. We therefore should look to the teachings by Christ’s Church.
Most questions that arise today have risen many times before in history and have been answered very well. We do well, in our search of Truth, to study what the Church teaches.
If something is true, then it must be true for all people and at all times.
It is the nature of the human being to seek the truth. But some (many?) people run from the truth as soon as they glimpse it because they are afraid of its demands.
However, the search for truth looks towards an ulterior truth which would explain the meaning of life.
The search for truth leads to a deeper understanding and interpretation of the person, and of the person’s freedom and relationships with the world and with God.
We have all heard of God. God who IS truth and does not lie. God who loves us and wants for us our eternal happiness. God who has revealed Himself to us through the Scriptures and His Son Jesus Christ.
If one honestly is searching for the answer to What is Truth, then one must honestly try to understand God’s Revelation through Jesus Christ. That is very hard to do on our own. We therefore should look to the teachings by Christ’s Church.
Most questions that arise today have risen many times before in history and have been answered very well. We do well, in our search of Truth, to study what the Church teaches.
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twb1621
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I love my brothers and sisters.
Thank each of you for your excellent, thoughtful, and sincere responses. As can be seen from those few who have offered their insights, there are the many who have read the question but avoided responding most probably for the same reasons they do not seek to know or acknowledge the answer… the fear, not of knowing, but of being obligated to the knowledge of what the truth is.
Yes, as one said, there is a fear that many have during these times that if they learn the truth it will inhibit them from “enjoying” life or being able to pursue their pleasures or materialistic goals. Covering the eyes and ears so as not to be exposed to what most already know but deny for the sake of those worldly “pleasures”. Pleasures that are so short lived in there own occurrences, one need only step back and see they never fulfill and are not capable to fulfill, but rather, like a drug addiction, serve as a temporary “fix” with an ever growing dependency until the effects wear off and the pride, jealousy, ego and selfness resurface. I was no different and so deeply a part of that world for so many years if it weren’t for the grace of God, I’d still be wasting my life and efforts looking for satisfaction and fulfillment in what man makes and time destroys.
Perhaps one or some of those who read this question and are willing to honestly acknowledge and share their own thoughts will offer their own insights into the difficulties or fears that drive them in their avoidance of learning “what is truth”. Perhaps it is unlikely, but certainly worth the effort for the discussion, I believe. The truth is there for us; it can not be changed for our purposes but in knowing the truth there is no need nor desire to change or avoid it, because the truth offers us total satisfaction and joyfulness, fulfillment, pleasure and eternal happiness.
Thank each of you for your excellent, thoughtful, and sincere responses. As can be seen from those few who have offered their insights, there are the many who have read the question but avoided responding most probably for the same reasons they do not seek to know or acknowledge the answer… the fear, not of knowing, but of being obligated to the knowledge of what the truth is.
Yes, as one said, there is a fear that many have during these times that if they learn the truth it will inhibit them from “enjoying” life or being able to pursue their pleasures or materialistic goals. Covering the eyes and ears so as not to be exposed to what most already know but deny for the sake of those worldly “pleasures”. Pleasures that are so short lived in there own occurrences, one need only step back and see they never fulfill and are not capable to fulfill, but rather, like a drug addiction, serve as a temporary “fix” with an ever growing dependency until the effects wear off and the pride, jealousy, ego and selfness resurface. I was no different and so deeply a part of that world for so many years if it weren’t for the grace of God, I’d still be wasting my life and efforts looking for satisfaction and fulfillment in what man makes and time destroys.
Perhaps one or some of those who read this question and are willing to honestly acknowledge and share their own thoughts will offer their own insights into the difficulties or fears that drive them in their avoidance of learning “what is truth”. Perhaps it is unlikely, but certainly worth the effort for the discussion, I believe. The truth is there for us; it can not be changed for our purposes but in knowing the truth there is no need nor desire to change or avoid it, because the truth offers us total satisfaction and joyfulness, fulfillment, pleasure and eternal happiness.
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WetCatechumen
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To reiterate what others have said, the wrong question is being asked.
The correct question is ask is, “Who is truth?”
The correct question is ask is, “Who is truth?”
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thistle
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In a volume of Believe It or Not, Ripley quotes Pilate speaking in Latin, “QUID EST VERITAS?” (“What is truth?”) and adds that an anagram of this is “EST VIR QUI ADEST”–“It is the man who stands before you.”
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