Truth vs Well Being

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Truth vs Well Being

Recently I was intercepted by two Mormon missionaries in Slovenia and had this 20 minute fruitful conversation that ended converging on an interesting point where I admitted that although I care about the truth I care more about the well being of people. Even if that means for some people believing in far-fetched stories, as long as they are not imposed on other people or lead to bad things I have no problem with that.
Thinking about it, these two lovely young ladies had came all the way from the US convinced that it is a worthy goal in life to spread the teachings of the Mormon church said a lot about them. Being a missionary by definition your goal is to encourage more people to join your faith, although when I asked them why do you think being a missionary is a good thing they've answered that they are only trying to make people happy. But the ultimate question is does it really make people happy if they are comforted by false beliefs? Or knowing the truth is more relevant? After all such a false comfort may not last in the long run.

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