Discussion»Questions»Human Behavior» When two people portray something in contradictory ways one of them is lying. Opposite versions of something can't both be true. Can they?
Actualy they can, because each person is the centre of their universe. Everything you perceive depends on your point of view, which is why investigators question multiple eyewitnesses where possible.
So in Trumpworld reality everything he says is true then? Thank you for your reply Sbf. I shall have to ponder that long and hard. That would mean that the concept of "lying" does not exist. Which brings me to another question for which I thank you! :)
It does not mean that the concept of lying does not exist, quite the opposite, it merely points out how and why it is possible for differing versions to remain correct. However, when a person deliberately, knowingly and intentionally "bears false witness", that is not the same thing as alternate truth.
Five blind people describe an elephant based on touch, however, each of them only touches one particular part of it. Their descriptions are all different, yet each of them describes what they separately perceive.
Someone asks Jim, "Who is Rosie?" He answers that you are his wife. The same person asks your son the same question, he answers that you are his mother. Neither one of them gave the same answer, and neither one of them has lied. ~
This post was edited by Randy D at May 13, 2017 3:22 PM MDT
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