An excellent treatise on the prevalence of lying, and its origins. The desire of people to believe in lies because it serves them, or they think it will, has its origins in the first history of man.
If you’ll forgive a Biblical reference, Eve chose to believe the lie that if she ate of the fruit (we don’t really know if it was an apple - another lie), she would be like God, knowing good and bad.
Wow. Equality with God; not a bad gig, she must have thought. And no doubt she perpetuated or embellished the lie when she spoke to Adam. And so paradise was lost.
Satan, masquerading as a snake or serpent, was also self-serving. He himself lusted after God’s power to have sovereignty over humans.
And so, as you so eloquently describe, man has selfishly used deception to function to his own advantage. But all is not lost. It is possible to operate with integrity. And while we may valiantly attempt to do so, we have to be as cognizant as your article points out of our own and others’ propensity for deception.
Thank you, Justin. I really enjoyed your insights.
An excellent treatise on the prevalence of lying, and its origins. The desire of people to believe in lies because it serves them, or they think it will, has its origins in the first history of man.
If you’ll forgive a Biblical reference, Eve chose to believe the lie that if she ate of the fruit (we don’t really know if it was an apple - another lie), she would be like God, knowing good and bad.
Wow. Equality with God; not a bad gig, she must have thought. And no doubt she perpetuated or embellished the lie when she spoke to Adam. And so paradise was lost.
Satan, masquerading as a snake or serpent, was also self-serving. He himself lusted after God’s power to have sovereignty over humans.
And so, as you so eloquently describe, man has selfishly used deception to function to his own advantage. But all is not lost. It is possible to operate with integrity. And while we may valiantly attempt to do so, we have to be as cognizant as your article points out of our own and others’ propensity for deception.
Thank you, Justin. I really enjoyed your insights.
I just finished reading your new book. It completely knocked my socks off. I hope it is a major publishing success.