It is a popular perception that "Truth does not change". I have no problem agreeing with it but I feel that the connotation that "Truth has only one meaning" cannot be applied universally, as, a "Meaning” may be only "Subjective" and not always "Objective”. I think Truth is essentially what one Believes. No Fact, Reality, or a reported Existence, Occurrence, or Happening can be regarded as "Truth", unless one "Believes" its existence, evidence, or an inference drawn from it. However, all “Beliefs” need not be “Rational”, or “Logical”. They may not even demand for Evidence or a Basis. “Beliefs” that may not have any element of “Truth” may include Superstitions, propagandized Miracles, unquestioned Customs and Practices, irrational Acceptance of Sleight of Hand Tricks, by a Conjuror. For some, they are the "Incontrovertible Truth", while others may regard these very things as “Dubious”, at best, and at worst, as “Rubbish”. The “Truth” may be somewhere, or, nowhere, depending upon the degree of “Belief”!
Thus, regardless of a “Fact”, “Truth” may be different for different people, and I may also add, different at different times and in different contexts, and, even for the same person in different states of mind! While “Fact” may be “Real”, “Truth” is just a “Belief”. I may add my own analogy: “Facts” are like Arithmetical Results (e.g. 2+2=4) that are absolutely verifiable, “Trust” is like Trigonometry based on facts and figures and, fairly verifiable, “Faith” is like Integral Calculus regarded as fairly dependable, and “Belief” is like Theory of Probability, which may prove either right or wrong.
Now, Do You Believe Me?!?
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