Can you accept all your truths as being lies?

Answer 1

Why? Because you say so?

Answer 2

If accepting truth as being lies, then what's the sense of believing anything anyone says or what I think to be true? It would be a lie. That's like saying, if truths were lies, and lies were true, then everything said would be a lie, wouldn't it?

So for the sake of your question, I accept truth over lies. I do however, blindly accept a lie, when it is said to be true by someone I trust. Which happens on a daily basis no matter who it is, family members, friends, colleagues, etc... It is when a lie is exposed, will I reject the lie and accept the truth.

Answer 3

I was just thinking how many people would be able to do so. I mean, a lot of people don't know what happened centuries ago like in A.D. or B.C. but I could never do that because have too much faith in God and in all that lies in facts.
The truth is based on facts and evidence. No, I can't accept the truth as being lies because that's common sense.

Answer 4

No, since you need to be sceptical and just stubborn. I follow Plato's theory of form that there are things in a constant state of flux, or 'pant rei' in the original Greek, such as the seasons, however there are eternal philosophical truths, such as the existence of god.

So basically you should not disbelieve every thing you see but just look for the eternal philosophical truths rather than concentrating on the things around you. I hope that help you in some way.

Answer 5

The foundation of this question contradicts itself. When you say something like “your truths”, you imply that truth is individual but if something is true it is by nature and necessity absolute and not individual. It is actually more logical and valid to conclude that there is no truth than to assume that there is individual truth. You can “personally” accept the truth but you can not individually define truth or say, “this is truth for me”.

It is very likely that we can accept our opinions and perception of things to be false but if we believe that there is truth, we can not call that which is true, false. It is nonsensical!

Similar issue:

“Everything I say is a lie. I am lying!” – Old circular logic trick

Answer 6

Only if far more compelling evidence to reject all things I know to be true as "lies". I don't forsee this happening, primarily because the question itself is so grandiose in scale. There are many things I know to be true that have been objectively shown to be true in the entire experience of the universe to date. Many of these things we call laws of nature or laws of physics. To speculate about accepting not only their possible imperfection but total baselessness is a pointless waste of time without any evidence that negates their truth.

Answer 7

Well, no. If it is a "truth" for me then I wouldn't accept it as a lie. If something I believe to be true is proven a lie to me beyond the shadow of a doubt, then I would no longer call it a truth. I would call it misinformation, disillusionment or delusion on my part until I learned the truth.

Answer 8

Nope - if I could, then I wouldn't think of them as "truths."
Most of my "truths" (and I'm not talking about "knowledge" or "facts" here) are incapable of being proved or disproved.
They are simply ideas that experience has taught me and that I "know" to be true.
If experience should show me that one or all of those "truths" are incorrect, than I suppose I would have to adjust my belief system.
However, the ones I'm writing about have withstood quite a few decades of testing.

Answer 9

sure, as long as you yourself can accept your truths as lies. What exactly is the truth vs. what exactly is the lie, if you don't know I'm not telling you.

Answer 10

There seems to be confusion here about the difference between what we know and what we believe. Because of duality present in all aspects of the material world (good/bad, light/dark etc.), there can be no true knowledge of the material world because the world has, by virtue of its material origin, created its opposite. The Spirit of Truth described in John 14 is the only source we have for truth and this must be self-realized through the development of one's own inner spiritual light.

Answer 11

No you can not. If you did that, it would become something true that all of your truths are lies, therefore not every thought would be a lie. At least there would be that exemption.