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Fact:

(1) Any information used in such a manner that truth is revealed.

(2) Any information used in such a manner that falsehood is promoted.

The Book of Ecclesiastes ,literally "Book of the Teacher"ıı, Qoheleth), commonly referred to simply as Ecclesiastes, is a book of the Hebrew Bible.

The main speaker in the book, identified by the name or title Qoheleth (usually translated as "teacher" or "preacher"), introduces himself as "son of David, king in Jerusalem." The work consists of personal or autobiographic matter, at times expressed in aphorisms and maxims illuminated in terse paragraphs with reflections on the meaning of life and the best way of life. The work emphatically proclaims all the actions of man to be inherently "vain", "futile", "empty", "meaningless", "temporary", "transitory", "fleeting, or "mere breath", depending on translation, as the lives of both wise and foolish men end in death. While Qoheleth clearly endorses wisdom as a means for a well-lived earthly life, he is unable to ascribe eternal meaning to it. In light of this perceived senselessness, he suggests that one should enjoy the simple pleasures of daily life, such as eating, drinking, and taking enjoyment in one's work, which are gifts from the hand of God.

According to the Talmud, however, the point of Qoheleth is to state that all is futile under the Sun. One should therefore put all one's efforts towards that which is ABOVE the Sun. This is summed up in the second to last verse: "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep His commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone" (12:13).

The book is particularly notable for its iconic phrases, "the sun also rises," "[there's] nothing new under the sun" and "he who increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow."
---4th to 3rd century BCE

"GOD:

I would say GOD is "The Creator".

People do not create anything...they arrange things that are already created. People cannot create a house...they can build a house using the materials that have already been created.

I once heard someone say that people create money...that money is a concept that people created and that it did not exist before people created it. I asked did these people use their brains to come up with this concept and I was told "yes". So I asked who created their brains...where did that material come from. Someone in the group said their parents created their brain. I said...OK...who created their brain.

Eventually you gotta get to whomever created something out of nothing...no person on this planet right now can do that.

The code book defines GOD as "the sum total of the known and unknown."

---Edward Williams

The word TRUTH:

means "that which is"...which is the opposite of

the word "falsehood"...which means "that which is not [true]".

Either it is true or it is not true...on or off...one or the other.

Falsehood:

Non-truth, and/or that which is not [true].

Fact:

(1) Any information used in such a manner that truth is revealed.

(2) Any information used in such a manner that falsehood is promoted.

Faith:

Faith is "Believing FACTS that you've been told". This includes facts which you've been told by anyone, or anything which may be true or false. For instance, often we tell ourselves things, it can be said we have faith in ourselves.

Often we "hear" the All-Power, if we believe in that message it connotates acting upon that message, therefore we can be said to have faith in the All-Power.

And sometimes we even "think" we hear the All-Power, when it was REALLY something else... in that case we are believing in a lie we've told ourselves... therefore our faith is false.

Think of the "prayers" the pilgrims said over the butchering of the non-white people they found here. They said that they had faith in the All-Power... but their actions were very different from that.

If you believe that because you are 'white', that you are entitled to kill, beat, massacre and otherwise mistreat non-white people... then you have a belief in white supremacy, and you have faith in white supremacists.

TRUST:

The absence of any need for proof that a statement is true or that an action is correct.

When someone asks to "trust" them, respond:

"I don't want to have to trust you.."

...meaning let's reveal truth by following THE LOGIC that leads to the revelation of truth.

When someone makes reference to "trusting" a process or procedure, say:

"Was the process (or procedure) created to produce justice?"

Make reference to revealing truth and using truth to promoting justice and correctness in all places and at all times. To "trust" an animal or an inanimate object observe the behavior.

Under the SYSTEM of racism white supremacy nothing is "trustworthy".

Honest:

An expression of what or how a person feels.

Reason/Explanation:

To be "Honest" means "to express what or how someone feels".

Honest does not mean Truth. To be Honest does not mean to tell the Truth. It is always incorrect to use the word honest and the word Truth as if they both mean the same.

To do so may lead many people to to believe that people who are always honest always tell the truth. Thus some people may be lead to believe that honest people always tell the truth.

How a person feels is not an indicator of truth. A person who expresses to you how they feel about racism may not be telling you the truth about what racism is and how it works, but, at the same time may feel that they are.

It is best, therefore, to use the word "honest" to mean "an expression of what or how someone feels" and only to mean "an expression of what or how someone feels".

The word "honest" should never be used to mean TRUTH.

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