What is the different between telling the truth and Knowing truth ? Telling the truth means to tell one the exact thing that has happened without fabrication, lies or made up ideas. Its to tell something as it is.
Knowing truth, means knowing the knowledge of all that is noble and good conduct of righteousness. So where does one draw the line between telling a truth or knowing truth ? Pretty complicated rite ? I know its baffling. What The heck does Knowing truth means ? Here's something to ponder upon.
Lets say you're a guy married with a beautiful wife, and she is currently pregnant 9 months. One day she comes up to you and asks you if she is still beautiful and good looking with her pregnant belly. Now this is where one begins to think and delve deep in thought for a good answer. Some might say its simple and easy, others may ponder on the answer. Some might be POLITICALLY correct, some may be quite cautious, others may be too fast to answer. Basically, the best answer and safest would be rather the most obvious one that is to tell her that she is still as beautiful as ever.
Now but is this the TRUTH ???? A pregnant women might look really huge, thus not as how she used to look before. But off course TO some Select Few, they may think that pregnant women are hot & sexy, but truthfully speaking you may have told a lie.
But does this mean that I have yet done something wrong since I lied ? Not really, Most believe that what you said is a good lie.
Others may argue that One needs not to lie to tell if that person is beautiful during their pregnancy, They Are beautiful never the less.So here's the ZEN thingy,What you told is a lie...but it was a good lie that you told. If you had told that she looks huge it may have made her sad & unhappy. But on the other hand if you were overnice you might pay an even bigger price, she might take that youre being rather sarcastic or plain cruel with her. Please do Remember the mood swings that comes with the pregnancy period as well. All these factors actually do add up. So now comes to the Main Point, What is Knowing Truth means in all these. Knowing Truth means to know the good & righteousness conduct, also to apply this knowledge in daily use. Knowing that if you told the TRUTH in the question above it would left a devastating effect on a relationship. But If you told that lie, you wouldve been a rather nice and good person. BUT YET I LIED !!!! How could Telling a Lie be good ? In some circumstances telling a good lie is better than telling a bad truth.
BUT WAS THE GUY BEING REALLY HONEST ???
Now this is where it comes to my 2nd point, and this is about Honesty.
To know a whole lot more about Both this subjects, lets take a look back to the beginning of time as told in the Quran & Bible.
There was ADAM & EVE in EDEN the Garden of Paradise, The Tree of Knowledge of all that is Good & Bad sets right in the center of the garden. EVE was tricked by the serpent to eat an apple from that Tree of knowledge. Now both Adam & Eve was already warned by GOD Not to eat from that tree. Yet, she took a bite from that apple on that tree, and gave it to Adam. Next thing, they started to cover their body in shame. Now here's a thought Why do u think that God Forbade Humankind from eating from that tree ?
One thought was that God Forbade them to test their fate and love of Gods word/command. Another was that it was teach humankind NOT to be greedy.
Here's some points as to why HE may have forbade us :
1. To teach us Respect for nature.
2. To teach us to respect HIS commandments.
3. A Test of our Faith.
4. It would actually might have been bad for health ???
5. Maybe some secret Bet God had goin with the Devil / Serpent.
6. To Stop us from becoming like HIM. ( GOD )
7. To Force us to disobey him.
8. Knowing all that is good & bad is too much for one mind to handle.
9. Knowledge of all that is Good & bad would cause us to Only be interested in Knowing everything Bad.
10. I Truly Honestly Dont Know why He forbade us. I guess we all should sometimes just do what we were told to.
Now, lets take this perspective for a change....Lets Say that God Forbade us Mainly because if Humankind ate from that tree, we would know everything Good & Bad.Now since God is all knowing, he would've definitely figured out that Humankind is so easily inclined to be interested in doing bad things rather than good ones. So I guess thats why he forbade us...
Here's a cruncher tho...IF GOD IS ALL KNOWING and ALL pervading, WHY oh! WHY did he HAD TO PUT THAT TREE RIGHT THERE in the first place, and then Tell us not to eat it, KNOWING fully well that We are going to disobey him in the first place ??? Important thought rite ? You'd think that God wouldn't have a sense of humor well maybe this proves us that maybe he does have one. Off course "God Works in mysterious ways" this one legacy he left stays true to that saying, however in all of this Where is the Honesty and Truth in GODS doing at this time ?
Im not being an ANTI god or anything, but to tell you the truth THIS IS WHY I trully believe that both Bible, Quran and all other sacred texts has actually been written by humans and NOT GOD himself. GOD in all his knowledge would've NOT made such a Big Bad Blunder like this, however a Human Mind could. They were writing this on a mind with limited ability. If GOD truly wrote these texts, it would've been flawless, there was everything there ever was to know about anything. And he would've wrote this for everyone and would've made it so simple for everyone to follow.
Look at our ancient texts, Every single one of them has its flaws..So How could people go on to say that GOD wrote any one of them, when it has Flaws ? GOD is FLAWLESS, He is Perfect. I truly love GOD, and I take him to be the single Greatest thing in my life. Everyday, Id pray to him asking for forgiveness and his blessing. I trully ask only 2 things from him : To Please forgive all my sins currently and past as to when he deems fit, and to Bless me when if he deems fit.
In times of a such a need, Id pray for that need also, but I will also tell him that I will not be upset or angry should I NOT get what I pray for. As I know God would know what is BEST for me. No use crying over something God has not prepared to bestow upon me. Therefore, I surrender myself to him completely and to deal with me as how He wishes to.
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