What Is Truth?

What is truth? A question that has echoed through the annals of history for over two thousand years. Of course, this is the question Caesar posed to Jesus at his “trial”. A question The Christ let hang, unanswered. As tough a question as that was back then, it has become an even more difficult question in our modern society.

Webster’s 1828 dictionary defines truth as “Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. The truth of history constitutes its whole value. We rely on the truth of scriptural prophecies.”

AH-HA! There it is! Leave it to Daniel Webster to cut right to it. He goes on to identify Correct opinion, Fidelity, Constancy, Honesty, Virtue, Exactness and Sincerity as qualities of Truth. The foundational premise of Webster’s definition, you’ll notice, is rooted in Scripture.

Generally, TRUTH is accepted as the quality of being in accordance with reality. Our challenge today is growing ever more extreme; to answer the question: What is REALITY? More and more Americans are falling for the deception that the realities, which have made up the foundations of human existence since the dawn of Man, are subject to opinion or interpretation. Imagine, a society where being Male or Female is reduced to how one "feels" at any given time! What Facts, Realities, or Truths will decisions which will direct this society's future be based on? "FEELINGS"?

Our American society seems to be slipping from its moorings. The currents pulling her away from the acknowledged truths are gaining strength. Currents that appear to be driven by unnatural forces, or at least, hidden ones. The draw seems to be toward a darker side of human nature.

Is it possible that the reason God incarnate allowed the question to remain unanswered was due to the stark reality of the situation? Here He was, the embodiment of TRUTH, being tried for speaking the TRUTH, and challenged by local “authorities” to define TRUTH. Is there a greater example of irony in all of human history?

We at Truth Be Told News will endeavor to bring you the truth, with all the qualities listed above from a perspective of a Judeo-Christian worldview which provides there is only one TRUTH.

As John Adams once said; “Truths, they are stubborn things.”

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