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Originally posted by quzah
Everything you believe to be true, you're sure is? The 'truth' we're told is that there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. That's the truth, and they're sticking to it. However, there really is no evidence of any such. As a matter of fact, the report that supposedly lead us into battle has since been dubbed 'inaccurate'.

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So the 'truth' at the time was one thing, but in reality, it wasn't true at all. However, many many people accepted this 'reality' as truth.

Truth and what we believe to be true (or what we're told is true) can be two completely different things. There is one objective truth about the weapons in Iraq before the war. That is indisputable. Whether we ever know that truth remains to be seen, but that doesn't mean that truth doesn't exist.

Perhaps I should have used a better word. Something like "Truth is whatever people can convince you of." Would that be better?

No, that is still an incorrect statement. As Mulder said, "the truth is out there." If people convince you that 2 + 2 = 5, that doesn't make it true, it just makes you wrong. There is only one truth.