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I was a juror in a criminal case. Our job was to judge if the State district attorney could show without a reasonable doubt that an innocent person was guilty of a crime. On two of the counts there was agreement in a very short period of time the person was not guilty. However, on one count we could not agree and after a long day of discussion were a hung jury. During the conversation I noticed that we all had a time deciding if person was guilty or not guilty. We talked a lot about who there was a slight possibility that the person did not commit the crime. But since we had to give a yes or no answer 10 persons answered one way and two the other way.

I have noticed in our culture there is a decreasing number of truths that are true or not true. Although Aristotle long ago said that if a statement is true it cannot be not true and vice versa we daily read and hear about ‘half truths’. If a statement by a politicians contains an element of truth and an element of falsehood it is considered ‘half –truth’. The old saying that that something is not black or white has been applied to truth.

The statement that “I have my opinion of the truth and you have your opinion of truth” is valid. But instead of following up with a dialog and struggle to work together to find the ‘truth’, often it is used to say “let us agree to disagree.” How can two people seeking the truth agree to disagree? We one agrees to agreeing to disagree seeking the truth ends with such a statement.

For example, in the debate on abortion I always ask if a person considers a fetus viable human life or at one point does a fetus become human life. If we could agree at the beginning of human life than we could agree at what point is abortion taking of human life. Modern science is a great resource in our understanding of life before birth but both sides seem to want to argue rather than seek out the truth as we can know it.

Our understanding of truth may change but if we have an understanding of truth we will have something to compare our new information to. We will have a base of understanding of truth on which to change.

As a religious educator in the past I believe it was important to give youth and understanding of the truth of Gospel and Catholic teaching. My thirst to convey the truth was born with the understanding of Gospel and Church the religious sisters gave me in my grade school days. I have different understanding of truth than the nuns taught me in some areas but, as I say, I had a foundation of understanding of truth to expand on, change and deepen. I noticed the youth often had an attitude of “your opinion, my opinion’ in understanding their faith. Often they have no solid foundation to compare new statements and teachings to and thus often stop practicing their faith as it does not seem to relate to their daily life.

After living carefully to the evidence at the trial hearing yesterday listening for burden of evidence to prove the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt I came into the jury room today with my opinion of truth. Hearing nothing during the day in our discussion of the evidence to change my opinion I was confirmed of the truth of my understanding. Someone in the jury room said some came in the jury room this morning with their mind made up. I believe that is true but does not mean truth cannot become a non-truth. It is just that truth cannot be not true.

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