A testimonial can be a public statement.
A testimony is an affirmation of something . The term comes from the Latin testimonium and is linked to a demonstration or evidence of the truthfulness of a thing.
For example: "A witness voluntarily came forward to provide his testimony with the aim of contributing to the cause" , "In the next program we will have the exclusive testimony of the businessman accused of corruption" , "I hope my testimony helps clarify this matter" "Excuse me, but I'm not going to testify."
Testimony at the judicial level
Testimony is also the tool endorsed by a notary or a notary to attest to something. False testimony , for its part, is a crime committed by an expert or a witness when he lies or provides false information in the context of a trial: "The former governor was prosecuted for false testimony since the judge understands that he lied in his statement » , «I am innocent and those who accuse me must respond to justice for false testimony» .
In ancient times, testimony was used as a synonym for witness , which is the person who has observed a certain event. In the field of law , the witness is the one who testifies about the salient facts of a case, while the testimony is the name given to his statement.
A public statement
In everyday language and in journalism, the notion of testimony is associated with a public statement , regardless of whether it is made in a judicial environment or in a social media.
It can be said that a person is sought to provide their testimony when there is interest in their opinion or an explanation is required on a certain topic.
The idea of testimony appears in the field of religion.
The masked false testimony
The concept of testimony is also related to religion, in that it constitutes the demonstration that the divinity in question is real and how much it has done and does for a believer. A context in which it is widely used is that of shows by healers and evangelists , who rely on the faith of other people to profit shamelessly, making their audience believe that they have been sent to help them.
There have been countless cases of such farces, and they will continue to occur as long as there are desperate people who prefer to turn to religion rather than logic. This is a delicate topic, since both the supposed prophets and the innocent people who allocate all their savings to magical help are wrong. In other words, the victims are adult and free human beings who decide to go to a scammer to solve their financial problems or cure an illness.
The problem of religion
Is it about faith or a lack of will to face problems and solve them with effort and determination? Is a father who prays for his son's health instead of taking him to a hospital a victim or a murderer? And, on the other hand, is he who takes advantage of these people evil or simply as twisted and comfortable as his followers?
An apparition of the Virgin Mary has never been captured on video, because she has casually attempted to do so in front of people who did not have the means to afford the purchase of a camera, or because the impact and emotion caused by her presence deprived those fortunate enough to have the strength to try to create a beautiful audiovisual memory of said meeting. However, it is useless to justify the lack of veracity or support of this type of stories, since reason and religion do not go hand in hand; The same world in which investigation and accuracy are required of us to give testimony in a trial against a person or entity, marks us as insensitive if we apply the same rules to examine a supposed miracle, which is in itself a testimony that demonstrates that There is nothing to testify .