the importance of truth Options

[peanutbutterbbb]

For all of the anti-theists here -- what is the importance of capital 'T' Truth? That is, is there any defendable reason why truth is inherently better than illusion? About which nothing can be said, why is nothing better than something?

[ComradeRed]

Something that happened... but doesnt our knowledge of past events all rely on things others have recorded/left behind? I mean.. things could've happened in the past, but with no knowledge of it, we accept those to be false, and that is a mistake

What? I'm confused on your argument.. simply because no evidence exists doesnt mean that it never happened.. thats how science works.. we search for evidence to prove a theory true, just because we havent yet found the evidence doesnt mean that its false... i mean, taking Columbus as a reference.. in his time and before, everyone (excluding him) thought the earth was flat, but that doesnt mean its truth.. truth is undeniable fact.. if i say I'm talking right now, but since you cant hear me, you dont know if its true or not.. thats my whole point.. just because we dont have evidence doesnt mean that its still not true.. it just means that we havent yet found a way to prove it true or false

Truth is what you believe it to be. If you search for evidence to prove a theory, and never find anything, everyone will conclude that it's not true.

Might it be true? Yes. But if everyone thinks it's not true, then you can't prove it is.

[For those of you who haven't been abel to tell yet: I'm playing Devil's (or BB's) Advocate. Hence the references to "Winston" and "O'Brien" read 1984 it's worth it."