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Originally Posted by Rodney
I don't claim that all prophets are right, but that they believe they're right and are willing to pay a price to keep speaking their truth, instead of only saying the truth when you're paid.
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Yeahhhh, maybe I'm too much of a relativist, but I'd have to say that very, VERY few people know and speak the Truth with a capital T. Very few people are just plain RIGHT beyond all doubt, applicable to any and all situations in any culture, in any country.
Now, a TON of people think that their truth (little t) is Right, but that sure as hell doesn't make them a prophet. That makes them a preacher. I don't think someone is a "prophet" simply because "they believe they're right and are willing to pay a price." A lot of assholes (or even kind, but blind people) do that, and they aren't any more right than the rest of us delusional humans.
It also makes them martyrs, whom I am not a big fan of. The only modern martyrs that got my attention were the self-immolating Vietnamese monks during the Vietnam War. Now that was Truth.
Pressed to think of a prophet, though, the only one who comes to mind is Stephen Colbert, in his performance at the recent press corps dinner. IF that was all original, and all his... well, that's pretty damn Truthful.
hehe.
You see how subjective this is, though...