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A Farewell To Truth.
The truth is having a hard time at the moment. In fact, in the interest of telling the truth, things haven’t been great for a while now. And as much as I hate to pile on, it has no one to blame but itself.
The truth is like an unruly employee who occasionally does great work, but far too often goes completely AWOL when you need it the most. It has no loyalty. No respect for our feelings. No interest in our desires. The truth is completely uncompromising, and then it wonders why we get sick of it.
And we are sick of it. Truth and its attendant facts have finally gotten on our last nerve. Abortion, gender, race, politics you name it, the truth is always trying to butt in, trampling over our gut instincts about these things and making us question ourselves. How are we supposed to operate like that?
Haven’t you ever wished that the truth would just take a few notes from our emotions? Our emotions always feel right. In fact, they always feel exactly right! How often can we say that about the truth? Our emotions let us believe anything we want to. They encourage us! They whisper in our ears and tell us that we’re right, even when all other evidence says the opposite. They make us feel righteous and powerful and important.
