It seems that so few people think for themselves nowadays. They find it easier to let others do their thinking for them.
Oh, they may say they want the truth — but do they? The answer is most easily revealed in the sort of thing with which they feed their minds.
When you Google a subject, do you take the time to cull out the whacko sites on either end of the political spectrum that offer the most outlandish and ridiculous notions, or do you feed off those with harebrained ideas and outlandish accusations? .
Most of the time, it’s easy enough to find honest-to-goodness information and discard craziness. It requires only a little discernment to sort out the crazies.
If I’m looking for factual information on global warming, I can immediately disregard sites maintained by obvious proponents and, instead, read those that rely on scientific fact.
If it’s information on politics or current events I’m seeking, I can immediately discount The Huffington Post and Aryan Nation.
However many folks, rather than seek out factual information, deliberately choose to feed on the absurd lies of one side or the other. The results of filling the mind with garbage are painfully obvious to others. Statements like, “It’s the first time in history that fire melted steel!,” (Rosie O’Donnell) causes others to quietly ask, “What rock did SHE just crawl out from under?”
Thousands exhibit an appalling lack of intellectual curiosity and, instead, seek out men like Jeremiah Wright, who accuses the government of creating the AIDS virus in a deliberate attempt to kill black people, and Van Jones, one of the president’s advisors, who claims that pollution and toxins are deliberately funneled into black neighborhoods.
I don’t think we can attribute the popularity of such men solely to intellectual laziness. Their following can only be explained by the unfortunate propensity of so many people to deliberately seek out lies.
Deliberately feeding on garbage is not only stupid, it’s dangerous. The Bible speaks of such people in the second chapter of Second Thessalonians. By turning from the truth and making wickedness your “deliberate choice”, by deliberately feeding on lies, you are leaving yourself open to delusion. That delusion will cause you to accept the greatest Lie, the false messiah who will come to lead mankind to destruction.
This is serious business. You have a choice between lies and truth. Choose truth.
© 2009 by Libbi Adams. All rights reserved.
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