Every man has a different version of the truth.\u00a0 We, each of us, look out at this world through different eyes.\u00a0 And each of us only can discern a small piece of the truth.\u00a0 The old story of the six blind men and the elephant is a folk tale that illustrates this idea.\u00a0 And that is why we band together and try to come up with a consensus account of how things \u201creally\u201d are.<\/p>\n
And that was why when the country was essentially united after World War II the news networks were highly respected and at the same time took seriously their responsibilities to appear objective.\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s a different planet than the one we live on now.\u00a0 Can you imagine trusting the version of the news that was read by a \u201creporter\u201d from ABC or NBC, never mind MSNBC or CNN?<\/p>\n
Now you might say, \u201cWhat does it matter if the news is accurate?\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing we can do to change what goes on around us.\u00a0 Why not just go with the propaganda version?\u201d\u00a0 And sometimes, I almost feel the same way.\u00a0 Why bother?<\/p>\n
But there is a good reason to scratch out the facts.\u00a0 In the Bible it says, \u201cThe truth shall set you free.\u201d\u00a0 And this has a very specific meaning that relates to the soul of the believer.\u00a0 But the statement is also true in the broadest sense too.\u00a0 The truth is another way of saying objective reality.\u00a0 It is a claim about the nature of the universe we live in.\u00a0 It is the belief that if we could know definitively the truth of a particular claim then that truth would define reality for anyone and everyone.<\/p>\n
So, if you lived in Hiroshima or Nagasaki and even if you did not believe in the atomic theory of matter, sometime in 1945 you would still have been constrained by that objective reality to experience the onslaught of the atomic bombs dropped on those cities.\u00a0 And if you had believed in the reality of those weapons, you might have gotten out and survived.\u00a0 And if you lived at ground zero and stayed you would have died even though you did not believe in the possibility of those weapons.<\/p>\n
Now granted, being aware of things like the motivations of RINOs or the willingness of the FBI to use their agents to instigate incidents to harm their political enemies is hardly equivalent to knowing that an atomic bomb is headed for your location.\u00a0 But the difference is one of degree not of kind.\u00a0 Always and everywhere having or lacking accurate information is the difference between rational planning and blind luck.<\/p>\n
All those people who listen to Fox News and NBC and hear what a great candidate Nikki Haley would make in the general election and believe it, will never understand why she would be John McCain or Mitt Romney in a dress.\u00a0 They haven\u2019t bothered to educate themselves on the facts concerning Haley and the positions she espouses.\u00a0 And they don\u2019t understand that whether she wins or loses we lose if she is the candidate.\u00a0 Because if she is the Republican candidate then all the candidates are leftists.<\/p>\n
And the same goes for the other facts that are out there.\u00a0 People claimed that Paul Ryan or Mitch McConnell wanted to enact a conservative agenda but even when a conservative president was in office, they did nothing.\u00a0 This should have been enough to prove these claims false.\u00a0 Bill Barr assigned a special prosecutor to investigate Russia-gate and after four years not a single person was convicted of a felony.\u00a0 That should have shown that the Deep State doesn\u2019t allow its people to be subject to normal justice.<\/p>\n
So, this knowledge is mostly of a negative type.\u00a0 It mostly tells you what won\u2019t happen.\u00a0 But sometimes it\u2019s the opposite and in those cases, it could also save your life.\u00a0 I\u2019d say the January 6th<\/sup> event is one of the best examples of that.\u00a0 Ashli Babbitt probably never imagined that a federal agent would shoot and kill her for trespassing in the Capitol building.\u00a0 She was unaware of the truth.<\/p>\n As discouraging as the current reality is, understanding the important facts is crucial to surviving and thriving in this complicated and deceptive environment.\u00a0 But don\u2019t despair.\u00a0 There is plenty of ignorance of the facts on the other side too.\u00a0 And one day it will have its consequences.\u00a0 So, hang in there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every man has a different version of the truth.\u00a0 We, each of us, look out at this world through different eyes.\u00a0 And each of us<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3129],"class_list":["post-26393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-the-truth-shall-set-you-free"],"yoast_head":"\n