“Willful ignorance” is a good way of describing it. Much of what we believe is “true” is only because we want it to be. Denial of the Truth does not make the Truth go away.
Truth does not have two sides. Truth is not fair and balanced. Truth stands on its own two feet and is never diminished by debate. Opinion is not Truth and Truth is not an opinion. At the core, the battle raging in America is over Truth.
As damaging and discouraging as it might be, only Truth can lead to freedom. Believing you are not sick will not make you well. Thinking you are free does not make it so. Hoping for the best does not cancel consequences.
So much of what we believe simply is not true.
We are told that religion and politics make strange bedfellows but I am not so sure that they do. Much of religion is fraught with half-truths manipulated by the will and desires of sinful men. Politicians are much the same as our religious leaders. They manipulate the truth because the results justify ...
