Truth--and Brains--In Short Supply

The necessity to be well informed has never been more pressing. You see as the commonly understand values of truth, honesty and integrity are redefined by practicality, truth becomes more elusive. In other words, there is such rampant lying going on now-a-days through our primary sources of information that you can no longer afford to turn on a TV or Radio and listen to just one station or person. How many of us have sent on the e-mail plea with a picture of a child asking that if you have seen this child to contact authorities and it turns out to be bogus? Integrity is in short supply which makes it very difficult to know what is true.

We used to be self-governing to a degree meaning we understood the importance and definition of telling the truth. Such self-policing grew thin and we had laws against libel and slander. Today, try and bring a suit much less get a conviction for either one. Today, anyone can say whatever they want and rarely be called to account; and if they are, rarely is anything ever done.

Remember Dan Rather’s fake document fiasco? Rather is still CBS’ top dog. And the kinds of slanderous statements that were made this election year were downright scandalous but so what? The answer seemed to be only to respond in kind.

Then we had so-called exit polls which are supposed to give us a feel for the way the election was going. Or was it? Maybe it was a way of skewing the election. It is clear that the exit polls were way off the mark—and many believe intentionally to try and influence voting on the West coast.
All of which means it is more incumbent on everyone to do your own homework instead of listening to someone like me, on the radio. I’m not saying I can’t be trusted, but I’m human and I have my own biases and sometimes I just get bad information. So don’t trust anyone! For at the end of the day, God is not going to be too concerned about who told you what; he’s going to ask what you did with brains and the time he gave you. Why not start now?