{"id":2514,"date":"2016-01-31T07:43:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T07:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2016-01-31T07:43:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T07:43:53","slug":"truth-told-in-all-tongues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/truth-told-in-all-tongues\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth Told in All Tongues"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2515\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Book-of-the-Dean-of-Lismore.jpg\" alt=\"All faiths contain a little truth. No faith knows all. If we learn from each other, we then piece all the parts of the truth together. Each knows what they need to know, told to them through their belief system in a language that they will understand.\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Book-of-the-Dean-of-Lismore.jpg 580w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Book-of-the-Dean-of-Lismore-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Book-of-the-Dean-of-Lismore-332x180.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All faiths contain a little truth. No faith knows all. If we learn from each other, we then piece all the parts of the truth together. Each knows what they need to know, told to them through their belief system in a language that they will understand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The truth is told in all tongues<br \/>\nTo all folk in each and every land<br \/>\nSpoken in the way and outlook of the listener<br \/>\nSo that each may understand.<\/p>\n<p>None is told the full story<br \/>\nThough each thinks that they are<br \/>\nProve their ignorance in fighting over their knowledge<br \/>\nAs if they knew the weight of a distant star.<\/p>\n<p>Life is a journey to be completed<br \/>\nTrials are the obstacles on the route<br \/>\nWe must learn what each other believe<br \/>\nFrom each other piece together the jigsaw of the truth!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_Yv0PDQxaj\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Dawn breaks on Ballyloughane Beach on a grey morning&#8230; #li #walking #beach #sea #ireland #galway<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A video posted by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-12-17T08:44:27+00:00\">Dec 17, 2015 at 12:44am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The truth is told in all tongues To all folk in each and every land Spoken in the way and outlook of the listener So that each may understand. None is told the full story Though each thinks that they are Prove their ignorance in fighting over their knowledge As &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[2635,811,2639,2640,2636,2637,2638],"class_list":["post-2514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral","tag-beleif","tag-religion","tag-self-improvement","tag-tolerance","tag-truth","tag-truth-in-all-faiths","tag-universal-truth","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Ey","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2236,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-persistent-commoner-the-late-tony-benn\/","url_meta":{"origin":2514,"position":0},"title":"A Persistent Commoner &#8211; The Late Tony Benn","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th March 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\"I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner\" \"I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing\" - Tony Benn Speaking the truth, it is never easy, All the more reason to speak it clear, Repeat it so it can be understood By a world that refuses\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Austerity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tony Benn - Teller of the Truth","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tony-Benn-Teller-of-the-Truth.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tony-Benn-Teller-of-the-Truth.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tony-Benn-Teller-of-the-Truth.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Tony-Benn-Teller-of-the-Truth.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5011,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/reflections-on-fundamentalism-and-paganism\/","url_meta":{"origin":2514,"position":1},"title":"Reflections on Fundamentalism and Paganism","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"8th August 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The statues by which some faiths pray To help or to for them intercede Angers those of a fundamentalist streak Who see such as an evil deed. 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