Do you believe; and why?

[fredtoast]

(05-13-2019, 09:35 PM)Lucidus Wrote: The fact that you do not believe is a truth.
The fact that your mother is devoutly religious is a truth.
The fact that your non-belief would hurt your mother is a truth.

All these "truths" must have value, in and of themselves. If all these truths lacked value individually, they could not inform your decision collectively, as it would be rather counterproductive to rely upon information of no value to formulate your thinking process.

And these truths convinced me that non-truth was the best course of action.

That is why I said.

(05-09-2019, 12:34 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Truth by itself has no value.  It all depends on how it effects your life.

For me it is better to live a falsehood than live the truth.