The TRUTH and its value!

I have just started this Blog and have posted my first message dealing with the influences we are subjected to in our lives. Contemplating the gist of that message I considered what the contents of the next message should be and what issue I would most like to place before you for your consideration. And then it struck me:

TRUTH

what is it and what is its role and importance in every day life?

Truth, to me, is one of the most important qualities of life I can think of. I know there are any number of qualities that deserve mention, but for one reason or another Truth and Truthfulness stick out for me. To me Truth and Truthfulness are among the pillars of life without which meaningful social intercourse would be wellneigh impossible - and that would be disastrous.

With that in mind, I turn your attention to education. Education is a lifelong activity. We learn and we teach. Both activities heavily depend on the transmission of information,which we assume to be truthful. With that in mind I ask you to focus on the transmission of religious propositions and ideas. In this particular instance I isolate the Christian teachings for your attention and I particularly ask you to concentrate your thoughts on the facts as they are unearthed by the Christian scholars who at present produce (controversial) book after (controversial) book for our consumption. What those books tell us is that there are many streams of thought and persuasion. What then is the lay person to make of the glut of information we are constantly bombarded with?

My position is that we are all children of God. Having said that, it is my further position that we, each, have a personal responsibility to transform that belief into actions. By doing so the hope is that those same actions act as examples, worthy of being copied by those who observe them.

Given the fact that there apparently are more than 37.000 Protestant denominations alone, my question is what to do with the avalanch of claims and counter-claims!? Which gets me back to my initial question:

Truth,

what is it and what is its role and importance in everyday live?

Greetings.