Totally derivative and wholly dependent, therefore, forever inferior.  Just like dark is not the opposite of light, but the absence of it, and therefore defined by it. And a lie is not the opposite of the truth, but is completely and wholly dependent upon it for it's existence, whereas truth exists regardless of any lie.  That's why there are an endless number of lies for every one truth. I am typing on my computer.  I am not swimming, cooking, tap dancing, sleeping, etc.  The lies about what I am doing can only be called lies because of what I actually am doing. Thus the lie depends upon truth for its very existence. But truth is not similarly defined/dependent. That I am typing on my computer is not proven by the fact that I am not swimming, or cooking, or sleeping. The truth is defined by itself. It's proven exclusively by the fact that I am typing on my computer. This is for me, one of the subtle proofs that there is only one truth and one God.