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Hello fellow book worms,
How did you get on with the book if God is Truth? I learnt that it is very important to validate all information received (in any form) for accuracy and not work on assumptions, beliefs or guesses. The truth is paramount and should be clear, transparent and understood before it is used or implemented, especially if it its application is to impact and affect lives.
What did you learn from the book? I would like to read your thoughts.
Moving on this week will be a combination of week 46 to Week 49, which will help us stay on track with our 52 Book read challenge.
For the next two weeks, we will be reading and learning about the importance of ‘TRUTH’ and why it does matter to and in every area and aspect of our lives. We will be learning the almost forgotten value of living a life that encompassed in truth and the benefit therein.
This week, we will be reading ‘True to Life: Why Truth Matters by Michael P Lynch’.
Brief synopsis:
Why does truth matter, when politicians so easily sidestep it and intellectuals scorn it as irrelevant? Why be concerned over an abstract idea like truth when something that isn’t true; for example, a report of Iraq’s attempting to buy materials for nuclear weapons; gets the desired result; the invasion of Iraq? In this engaging and spirited book, Michael Lynch argues that truth does matter, in both our personal and political lives. Lynch explains that the growing cynicism over truth stems in large part from our confusion over what truth is. “We need to think our way past our confusion and shed our cynicism about the value of truth,” he writes. “Otherwise, we will be unable to act with integrity, to live authentically, and to speak truth to power.”True to Life defends four simple claims: that truth is objective; that it is good to believe what is true; that truth is a goal worthy of inquiry; and that truth can be worth caring about for its own sake; not just because it gets us other things we want. In defence of these “truisms about truth,” Lynch diagnoses the sources of our cynicism and argues that many contemporary theories of truth cannot adequately account for its value. He explains why we should care about truth, arguing that truth and its pursuit are part of living a happy life, important in our personal relationships and for our political values.
We will be consuming this book from Monday 21 to Sunday 27 November 2011.
This book comes in the following formats:
Until next week, keep your comments coming and those pages turning, A PAGE A DAY.
Much Love
Remi
ADIGW
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