Whole Truth

Whole Truth

Truth is dying rapidly
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. What has become glaringly obvious to me is the rarity of truth telling. At an alarming rate, truth everywhere is dying rapidly, becoming an endangered species. For every truth teller, there appears a battalion of deceivers, armed and ready to respond non-sensically to logic and reason, heaping one lie upon the next to prove their very strange and convoluted points.

Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both (Proverbs 27:3). To argue with a fool, according to The Bible, is folly 

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him (Proverbs 26: 4).

Rationalize their stance

Have you ever argued with someone who had an answer to rationalize their stance for every challenge you threw their way? It is like trying to grip water in your hands. My only understanding of this phenomenon is this: the urge to be right so that we can keep doing what we are doing, eliminates all deductive and logical reasoning, turning us essentially, into liars. We start with rationalizations as we endeavour to self deceive and then it behooves us, as we immerse ourselves in the deception, to engage others so that we can feel comforted in the colluding:

As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly (Proverbs 26:11). Not only do fools repeat their folly, they look for followers, those who will eat the vomit that they spew.

Higher Ground

Do you swear to tell the truth, so help you God?
I wonder, what place does the truth have in your life, dear reader? Are you a truth seeker, truth teller? Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Lying is easy, truth telling, on the other hand, has each of us baring the responsibility of upholding the moral fibre of our society, the ethics that take us to higher ground. My fear is that the air, way up there mountain top high, is breathed and expelled by the very few. If you were to swear on a Bible, would it make a difference to you? Would it feel as though you have someone to answer to, dear one?

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers (Proverbs 6:16-19). 

God help us all, if this is who we are becoming as a society. May the truth be with you and loved by you, always.