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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-03-05 10:29 AM
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154. Well, those are interesting points.
I suspect that "you and I" have many of the constraints that we take for granted, but that do not apply to "nature." And I am confident that you would agree with that.

I am also confident that you would agree that Gandhi was a religious man. In truth, he doesn't seem to fit the usual constraints that most people deal with, though in fact of course he had the same emotions and passions that make us distinctly human. One of Gandhi's favorite sayings was, "Truth is God."

"Truth is God" is an interesting concept. Gandhi attempted to find and live truth. Another of his sayings on truth is this: "There should be truth in thought, truth in speech, and truth in action. Devotion to truth is the sole justification of our existence. It is impossible for us to realize perfect truth so long as we are imprisoned in this mortal frame."

I suspect that you value truth every bit as much as I do. Thus, I am confident that you recognize that there is a world of difference between the truth and a lie. I'm not as sure how you would put Truth into the laws of thermodynamics, or even limit it to being imprisoned in the mortal frame of matter. I suspect that gravity may play a role, and that lies are brought down, while truth rises.
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