(H02)
My weekly essay is based on the DQ question: Do you
acknowledge the authority of any individuals or institutions to interpret the
truth for you? Why or why not?
No, I do not allow anyone to tell me what the “truth” is,
because I will only accept MY truth. HOWEVER, I will accept council and
opinions to help construct my opinions, but they are my opinions. A simple
example is reading- not everything that is written down is true, but many often
choose to accept it as truth with little-to-no proof.
Also, I accept the fact that there is more than one truth.
EX- Someone is killed in a grocery store. Now, even though all the witnesses
were present at the same event, every person will have a different rendition.
This is because everyone has their own frame of reference, shaped by their
knowledge, education, experience, and personal values. This often makes it hard
to determine the truth. Someone could be insistent that one thing happened,
while someone else insists something else happened. This doesn't necessarily
mean that one is lying, or even that one is wrong. It only means that they
viewed an action through different frames of reference.
One of the major issues of today is that many people don’t
believe or accept that there can be more than one, universal truth. The reason
that there is more than one is because people see through their own frame of
reference, which is unique to each individual.
So no, I do not allow others to tell me what is true or not
true, because there are many truths, and I choose to create and believe my own.
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