To AKMA and the Happy Tutor: How is “Truth” not the talisman used by philosophers to ward off the troublesome incongruities of polytheism? For me, the question has long been theological: does god need “Truth”? What use does the Trickster Yhwh have for “Truth”? What use is “Truth” to the all-loving god? Does “Truth” protect from the endlessly empty well of sunyata or from the whims of Nemesis?

In place of “Truth,” I’m content to subsitute these three: coherent, useful for, life-giving. What, in your “Truth,” is missing from these three combined? If “Truth” is more than these three, what more is it? If “Truth” is less than these three, what use is it?

Are eudaimonia and shalom possible without “Truth?” If not, why do they depend so vicariously upon it? If not, who needs “Truth”?

“Truth” seems too lethal a weapon, too casually used. If there is “Truth,” wouldn’t it be ineffable? Wouldn’t it be blasphemy to speak its name, assuming we are even worthy to know it?

How is “Truth” not a lie?