I just read an article about Tuesday night's debate. After reading the online article, I scrolled down a bit farther and read the two comments. Both comments were long, and each of them had basically one theme.
The first: Romney was lying!
The second: Obama was lying!
I keep seeing this behavior in the press, and my question for the "fact checkers" is how they are doing it, how they are checking these facts. I see contradictory information slated as fact everywhere. In fact, between textbooks, newspapers, news items on TV, et cetera, I am not convinced at this stage that I have ever seen any unbiased information anywhere.
I can't trust the people bringing us our information! What does this mean? It means that I can't believe what I hear pretty much anywhere. I generally trust my father's take because it makes sense, is logical and I know he covers a lot of sources. But he like all of us are human, and capable of being deceived.
First, the attack in Libya was a response to a video. Then, it was a preplanned terrorist attack. I believed the first story because it's what I was told. Then I changed my mind with the information. We spend our lives in this kind of twist. What is undisputed fact taught to children in other parts of the world is almost laughable here, and what can we do about it?
So is information relative? That's worth another blog post. Something to do later.
Is truth relative? NO. If I think or believe that the earth goes around the moon, that doesn't make it true.
But what if we can't decide or discover what is true? I've kind of been losing my mind over this issue since the campaign started, because the whole thing is full of finger-pointing. I can't count on the country to stand firm, or count on its leaders.
What can I stand on if I can't trust people absolutely? I can trust God, because He has revealed Himself to me again and again in any number of ways, from the smallest, most intimate little reminders to times when the Spirit has shown up in power, blown my mind and had me prostrate on the floor. He reminds me constantly that He is the center, and I don't need anything else to stand on, only His promise.
Is truth relative? NO. If I think or believe that the earth goes around the moon, that doesn't make it true.
But what if we can't decide or discover what is true? I've kind of been losing my mind over this issue since the campaign started, because the whole thing is full of finger-pointing. I can't count on the country to stand firm, or count on its leaders.
What can I stand on if I can't trust people absolutely? I can trust God, because He has revealed Himself to me again and again in any number of ways, from the smallest, most intimate little reminders to times when the Spirit has shown up in power, blown my mind and had me prostrate on the floor. He reminds me constantly that He is the center, and I don't need anything else to stand on, only His promise.
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