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]

Hm.. so if I were to brainwash everyone into thinking that their sole purpose in life was to serve me, would it not be important that they realize the truth? I mean.. isnt that the entire point of science? to find the real truth? I mean.. just thinking about it now.. I guess since you're more of a debater, the illusion might be more important to you so you can manipulate ppl or something, lol but for science, isnt the actual truth and understanding the more important thing?

Oh and my name's Eric btw.. I dont know who Winston is

Winston is a reference to 1984. I'm playing Devil's Advocate here.

In 1984, the Oppressive Dictatorship Government re-writes history -- like the Bush Administration is doing now (they are making Reagan out to be a Bushie, when in fact Reagan, while influenced by neo-Cons, was not a neo-con and used much more restrained foreign policy) -- and basically said that the Truth is what the Party wanted it to be. They deleted history basically by destroying the records and brainwashing people.

Winston is the main character in the novel.