I’m sorry, I mean no disrespect, but I don’t want to drink your Kool-Aid.

Is truth a.) subjective, b.) objective, c.) relative, or d.) absolute?  Is there only one right answer? Or multiple answers?  Is it even possible for a human to know the truth about all things?  And how can a human be an authority on truth?  Fact and reality, sure, you can be an "authority" on that, I suppose.  But if your truth comes from something other than fact or reality, I'm not sure I'm buying it. I don’t see how that can be TRUTH.

I guess false is the opposite of truth.  If the concept of being true is made up of fact and reality, then being false must mean that it’s NOT made up of fact or reality.   Let me count the numerous times I've heard the proclaimed experts exhort on what TRUTH is.  Or maybe not TRUTH itself, yet speak to ideas or concepts being true.  Yet, when I consider what they are saying, they are incorrect.  What they claim to be TRUTH, I find to be opinion or speculation or mere assumptions. 

It’s possible for me to believe that the earth is flat; even though I know science has pretty effectively proved (no small part to Columbus) that the earth is round and it is widely accepted that the earth is in fact round.  I've never been to outer space to view the planet, I've never actually seen it from that perspective—but I’m comfortable saying its round. BUT it is possible for me to wake up one day with such conviction that I am just absolutely sure that the earth is flat.   Yesterday, and all the days before, I would tell you the earth is round.  But today, I believe it to be flat.  Yeah, I know, weird, but it could happen.  It really gets even more bizarre when I go out and start trying to convince others that the TRUTH is—“hey, you know that planet of ours you always thought was round?  Well, turns out, it’s flat.”  Blink. Blink. Blink. “What makes you think that?”  Blink. Blink. “I just feel it so it’s true.”

At that point, is my truth considered subjective?  In a way, I guess it is.  I mean, if I just woke up one morning and all the sudden believed the earth is flat—nobody told me that, I didn't hear it anywhere else, it’s just based on my feelings or belief that the it’s flat—my truth is, I guess, subjective. 

This belief that the earth is flat is not objective; it’s based on zero, zilch, nada facts whatsoever.  It’s not relative as it’s certainly not related to anything else and I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say this believe is not absolute.  I guess my point—it’s probably really muffled right now—is one born of utter frustration. In my lifetime, I have met some real gems of human beings.    I've had the pleasure of listening to people say some really bizarre and unbelievable statements (and heard some pretty nasty and hateful things) all under the guise of TRUTH.  They promote their TRUTH as objective and absolute—filled with fact and accuracy to the max. However, their TRUTH seems as absurd as me trying to convince anyone that the earth is flat.

I do believe absolute truths exist. I’m not exactly ready to delve, but I do believe it can exist.  But just as I believe some truths stand on their own, unrelated to anything else and true in and of themselves, I also believe that some TRUTH is subjective and relative.  Some expert exhorters spread lies.  They take their own personal beliefs as to what is true and share it as if it is absolute.  That makes my stomach turn.

I don’t think I’m alone in those feelings. If you want to share the TRUTH with me, share the facts.  Share the reality.  Share the absolute.  If you want to share your opinion or your belief with me, please do so.  I’m open!  But for God’s sake stop shoving your opinion down my throat and insisting that IT IS THE TRUTH. 

I’m sorry, I mean no disrespect, but I don’t want to drink your Kool-Aid.