What is truth?
It's an easy question, really. It's about reality, you know, that fake stuff we watch on television, versus reality, that which truly is life.
I ate sugar free-fake honey this morning and drank some milk that was lwo carb, low sugar and basically fake. We eat carb-less bread, fake spread and some kind of spaghetti that is not real, too.
So when I read the following story, I knew I was living in a fake world.
One of Entropia's wealthier players has sold off his interests in a "resort asteroid" for an eye-popping $635,000.
The seller is Jon Jacobs, also known as the character 'Neverdie'. He originally purchased the asteroid in 2005 -- eventually converting it into the extravagant resort 'Club Neverdie' -- for the then-record price of $100,000. For those keeping score, that's a gain of over $500,000 in just five years. In nerdier terms, that's an ROI of 535%. Match that, Citibank.
And we're not talking about Monopoly money here. Launched by Swedish developer MindArk in 2003, Entropia Universe features a real-world, fixed-rate currency exchange that works just like chips at a casino: players trade real cash for in-game funds called PEDs (Project Entropia Dollars), which can at any point be redeemed back for real, spendable cash -- minus a transaction fee, of course.
Real money for a fake asteroid.
Seems about right.
The Bible actually has a lot to say about truth. We merely ignore it.
It reads in Proverbs where wisdom language discusses truth often, "The more talk, the less truth; the wise measure their words."
And....
Truthful witness by a good person clears the air, but liars lay down a smoke screen of deceit.
Proverbs 12:16-18 (in Context) Proverbs 12 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 12:19
Truth lasts; lies are here today, gone tomorrow.
Proverbs 12:18-20 (in Context) Proverbs 12 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 14:25
Souls are saved by truthful witness and betrayed by the spread of lies.
Proverbs 14:24-26 (in Context) Proverbs 14 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 15:14
An intelligent person is always eager to take in more truth; fools feed on fast-food fads and fancies.
Proverbs 15:13-15 (in Context) Proverbs 15 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 16:6
Guilt is banished through love and truth; Fear-of-God deflects evil.
Proverbs 16:5-7 (in Context) Proverbs 16 (Whole Chapter)
But my favorite discussion of truth comes in the last hours of Jesus' life. Pilate is talking to him, trying to figure out if he is a criminal or just nuts, and he asks him, ""So, are you a king or not?"
Jesus answered, "You tell me. Because I am King, I was born and entered the world so that I could witness to the truth. Everyone who cares for truth, who has any feeling for the truth, recognizes my voice."
38-39Pilate said, "What is truth?"
Then he went back out to the Jews and told them, "I find nothing wrong in this man. It's your custom that I pardon one prisoner at Passover. Do you want me to pardon the 'King of the Jews'?"
The most amazing of conversations with such a peculiar ending. Did you notice it? Jesus doesn't answer the question, perhaps the most important question we could ever ask.
We live in a world without truth, a world without wisdom that is stock filled with lies and knowledge.
Politics is run by lies and we don't know who is going to get us out of this situation we find ourselves in.
But this I know: Jesus answered the question earlier and we paid no attention. He said, "I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life."
Therefore, there is truth in the world after all. We need merely to listen and obey.
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