truth and belief

It is quite often said that Pontius Pilate, the man who asked: “what is truth”, never stayed for an answer. This is from the mere reason that if he would have stayed he would have been waiting until this very day. The truth is constructed of many parts of our existence including language, conscience, knowledge and belief and a complete answer for his question would be far too complicated. In today’s society most of …

…belief to be “A spiritual attitude of welcome towards what we take to be a truth.” The difference lies in distinguishing between accepting something as true and taking something as true. “Accepting” means without proper proof while “take” refers to both proven and unproven truths. “As the wise test gold by burning, cutting and rubbing it…so are you to accept my words after examining them and not merely out of regard for me.” (Buddha)