Why can't *truth* be taught?

Answer 1

The Vedics had two versions of truth, as you already know, my cosmic brother. :-)))

Are we asking of the nature of 'Truth' ( Vidya ), or 'truth' ( arvidya ) ?

The great 'Truths' are, to a greater or lesser extent very personal, and are discovered by each one of as we transit the Cosmos of experience. I would never presume to challenge the 'Truth' of any of my brothers or sisters, only offer from the menu of my 'Truth' to see if my experience can add to their experience. Thus no-one can 'teach' 'Truth', a great master can only lead the willing student to the 'door' of his or her own 'Truth'.

The little 'truths' of physical data are transitory, they may appear to be true at one moment, but the next discovery will render them redundent, and like so many 'Flat Earth' exponents, their 'priests' will have adapt to the 'new truth' or flounder in their new ignorance.

This little 'truth' can be taught, but teacher beware, if you haven't kept up to date then you may be teaching the equivalent of 'Flat Earth' 'truths', in which case you are not 'teaching', you are inhibiting learning.

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and a good , that'll teach me !

Answer 2

Very Good!
Truth can't be taught, it can only be learned!
Truth can be imbibed by a student according to his willingness to accept "Truth".
There is a relationship between a student and a Teacher, and the Teacher always finds the student, the student never finds the Teacher. All humans have Teachers, and the Teacher will find them when they are ready.
An open heart is necessary for a student to be found.
When the heart is opened, it omits a fragrance and the Teacher catches the fragrance. Much like a honey bee finds a flower filled with pollen and nectar.

This is a short explanation, of why truth can't be taught.

Answer 3

Facts and principles can be taught but to experience truth, one need only see what's going on in reality and sift it through the right filters. Religions, traditions, rights of passage all have degrees of truth in them. Some things settled the mind and provide hope to many and this is a greater support to those that it benefits from them than truth. Linus felt secure with his blanket and had more confidence. Words are used to build or destroy, awaken or blind many to their possibility. Truth is that there is no truth but what you perceive as true, but that's an opinion from a person still looking up and out for the love and His reflection.

Answer 4

yeah it actually wouldnt be a bad idea to teach christianity in public schools but youd have to touch it all like

A)in history class all the bad things christians have done like killing several women for gaining too much power among the wars they fought
B)in history to also look at the history of technology to see if noah was actually smart enough to big a huge ship with enough food and space to support all the animals
C)using critical thinking skills to find all the contradictions in the bible
D)find the credibility of the bible in english class, they sure as hell arent gonna take just any sources for essays so if you wanna make an essay on why the bible is true, then start doing your research now
E)in astronomy to see if the sun really revolves around the earth
F)in biology see if it is really possible for a virgin to give birth to a baby without having intercourse or doing the michael jackson thing
G)in biology to compare evolution to what is taught in the bible and then see what happens when people in their same blood have babies and see if adam and eve alone were really able to create the entire population

its not very convenient is it? but you want the truth right? so go ahead teach it, and then youll probably ask why the "lies" cant be taught

Answer 5

If you're hoping to find it here or in any religions, GOOD LUCK. Truth is of FAITH, and has no IDENITY outside that of what is REAL. Problem IS not too many in this world like "reality" as dictated and taught by God through all the messengers he has ever sent. Each and every time TRUTH is "given," someone finds a way to SELL it to others or restrict it from the masses. I am of the "truth" of the "beginning" many now call MYTH, "just" as in a few thousand years all these religions in the world will be "called." My "myth" though has much which was ACCOMPLISHED that remains "unexplainable" UNLIKE present "religions." All one need to look at in TRUTH is "EXAMPLE" and I have never seen much being accomplished by modern religions except the spread of prejudice and "hatred........."

Answer 6

Hmm...interesting one. I think because truth is a quantum concept. Facts can be taught, and hypotheses constructed from those facts, but "truth" as a word seems to mean something deeper and more fundamental. By being deeper and more fundamental it necessarily becomes more personal, and by being personal, it becomes a matter of choice. Many thigns that are "the truth" to many people can be laid before us, but it's what we choose or feel to be the "truth" for ourselves that we most readily accept. So in that way, it's...ahem...true...that truth can't be taught, only chosen.

Answer 7

I didn't read the answers before I gave this answer, so this may be a duplicate...

But, I would say that *truth* can't be taught, for the same reason it can't be learned. It can only be experienced, first hand.

Yet, what's funny about experiencing it, is you become both the teacher AND the student in one sitting. Very uplifting this *truth* can be.

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Answer 8

"Truth" can not be taught because it is essentially unknowable, a matter of faith or belief. Science will not claim concepts to be truths but rather to be theories, open to revision or to abandonment should they prove unworkable or new evidence be presented to replace them. There are truisms, ways of living which are worthy of adherence, but they are not truths in the sense of being absolute, unchangeable, and beyond doubt. To teach someone that an idea is truth, then, is to teach falsely!

Answer 9

Mostly, because religious zealots want religion, not truth, to be taught in schools.



All those who think religion should be taught in schools should be forced to take two semesters of philosophy so they can tell the difference between religion and truth.



Dogmatic systems (i.e. religion) tend to surpress the search for truth and beauty because they claim to have a monopoly on it, and also because they claim that the things we should be investigating to find truth and beauty (e.g. the natural world) are somehow inferior to their trite little religious celestial utopia. This is another reason why religion is dangerous. It turns people into a type of nihilist.

Answer 10

Because nobody knows the truth. How can you teach something you don't know. It is only God who knows the truth and until He Himself comes to tell us the truth nobody can lay claim to it.
God is the Ocean of Knowledge. He has knowledge of the beginning, middle and the end of creation as well as how the world drama cycle turns.
This know-how is no where near any of the religious and scripture books.Infact, nobody knows the history and geography of the world except the Creator Himself!

Answer 11

The truth can be taught as can right from wrong you just need the right parents and a fundamental belief that lying is wrong!