Why+truth+matters?

By what means do people create antinomies to truth according to the authors of this reading? We often don't love truth because we fear or hate it. People hide or misinterpret the truth to avoid the circumstances. For example most part of history is not true, there has been hiding or misinterpretation at one point or the other. Let it be the number of dead bodies in massacre accusations done against a leader. The secrets behind my lai or concentration camps etc.many people twist and turn truth so as to fit them such that we cannot decide if it is a gold leaf or if it is just a millimeter of paint. What point are the authors making in this reading? Do you agree? · Truth is beautiful but if it is manipulated it becomes one of the most un-beautiful things. · When people have authority it is all the more easier for them to manipulate the truth, what they say becomes the law and word. · Having a social status (popes, scholars ) also helps people in making the truth contradictory. · For the author the truth is not as important as everyone’s wellbeing and smooth functioning. · It is usually the people who have power that manipulate the truth, if anyone dares to question them, it would most probably lead to physically hurting them. · Truth can also be considered a political matter as it may promote unity as times. · Normal people can put up a convincing argument and make people believe things, irrespective to being true or false. · By simply invoking the name of a community and its beliefs disagreements can come to a halt. · Taboos, which people believe in so deeply, are based on fiction with no evidence of truth. · Asking unanswered questions often end up with the truth exposed. · Commitment and curiosity lead people in discovering the truth. Yes, I do agree with the author. We cant believe half the things in history because they have been manipulated by someone or the other at some instant. As long as the popes were in charge of the administration their words were the rules ( the earth was the center of the solar system) and if anyone dared to question them (Galileo) he was ignored or silenced. Even Hitler and Stalin silenced so many people who dared to question their authority. Even people blindly believe in taboos that have no scientific proof, e.g. in a remote village in north india, it was a common belief that if the monsoons failed the crops, then a particular woman would be chosen and she would have to perform a “sacred” rain dance, nude. This event captured the attention of the whole nations media. The popularity of the village increased significantly but other than that there was no rain.