Humanity loves a lie because we have loved lies when confronted with the truth. We live in a stream of falsehoods, even at the expense of defining ourselves as something wholesome and especially as people who treasure the light shining on our deeds.  We set up commentary that contains contradictions then we revel in the fact that people will scratch their heads, and it just happens that heads scratched will eventually disappear.

Nobody’s ever seen what we see

Nobody’s ever seen what we  in the 21st century are observing gets said often and it is a white lie, partially true but a lie nonetheless.  Every second in the whole of human history is unique, so we all see something unique to us.  People still like to label our times as unprecedented and public media is fond of reporting first occurrences and broken records. The bottom of the barrel has been reached at the point where murdering innocent people became essential for the fox and the hen in the coop.

In camera without lights

But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.

John 3:21, NASB

All sorts of powerbrokers retreat to the backrooms, privy councils, and scuffs when accountability is in demand. Judges do it in plain sight with sidebars and sometimes in their chambers.

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.

Acts 5:34

Delusions, illusions, and virtual reality will be the death of us.  Hiding the truth and choosing to scratch our heads won’t get past the followers of the Way. They cannot be deceived even though we frequently see large numbers of people gathered in “churches” who are obviously being led down the garden path. We are not scratching our heads.