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Article: What is truth? (Reflections).
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- For A Change
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- August 1, 2002
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I had one of those moments, on a Sunday morning a few weeks ago, when no answer felt like an adequate response to the question asked of me. Through the receiving line came a church member who asked, `What is truth?' Taken aback for a moment, I stumbled and then answered, `Well ... you know it when you see it!'
As I mull over my answer, I don't think that it was all that bad. I recognized the query from John 18:38, when Pontius Pilate asked the same question of Jesus. Like the Buddha, who was asked what enlightenment is and responded by lifting a flower and saying nothing, Jesus' response was simply to remain silent. A wise and enlightened leader might let truth ...