“And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not stand.” (Mark 3:25) Replace the word house with nation, kingdom or even world the meaning is similar. Did anyone take the time to acknowledge D-Day? Yes, but sadly not enough in my opinion. Did you know during the invasion, the casualty rate was 50%? On the actual day of June 6th, 1944, over 4,000 allied soldiers died and many of those were due to drowning trying to reach the shores of Normandy. One of those soldiers who survived to fight on was my wife’s uncle. I shared his story in my new book “A Chime in Time”. May we all pause and collectively thank those who paid the price for our freedom from the Nazi aggression. The world was certainly divided then, and I fear even today. What is the difference between Nazis and Germans? One was a political movement while the other are the people of a nation. I think we all need to understand that we should be in control of our political process in a free society. May we not fall victims of any political party’s big lie over the alternate big lie. One thing I feel is for sure and that is they all lie to win votes of those ignorant to the price of freedom. You can find books, films, etc., on big lies throughout history. First off, what is the definition of a lie? There are two definitions. One is to remain in a specific state like a person lies down for a rest. The second is to be misled or deceived by statistics, false narratives, or specific groups sharing lies to influence votes, etc.
The earth is flat. Do you believe that lie? There is a society of folks who believe that satellite photos of the earth appearing to be a sphere is a conspiracy orchestrated by NASA and other agencies. Without satellites how can we be sure the earth is not flat? Plato (427-347 BC) taught his students that Earth was a sphere but had no solid proof. Aristotle (384-322 BC) was one of Plato’s students also believed because different stars could be seen in different regions of the world. Archimedes, Eratosthenes and then 1700 years later Christopher Columbus believed the earth was round not flat. These great people were all criticized for their belief. By Columbus’ time, most educated people believed that the world was round instead of flat so why is their doubt even today? It takes sometimes many centuries and scientific development to debunk a big lie. However, there will always be people who believe otherwise.
Man did not walk on the moon. Really? I remember a teacher long ago telling me that it was a hoax again orchestrated by NASA and the political folks of the time trying to distract us from other news. Sound familiar in today’s polarized world?
In Wikipedia, there is a phrase called “Holocaust denial” which “is an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that asserts the Nazi genocide of Jews, is a myth …” How could anyone believe this big lie when the accepted figure from historical evidence leads to an estimate of 5-6 million Jews murdered in the concentration camps. The term big lie was a German expression coined by Adolf Hitler originally claiming the Jews used the propaganda technique to blame the loss of World War 1 on General Erich Ludendorff. The Nazis used same technique against the Jews. (Big Lie on Wikipedia) Some of our political leaders today prefer to eliminate historical facts to encourage a false narrative or perpetuate other big lies. Let me leave you with a few falsities. You can decide for yourself which big lie you want to accept as truth. As for me, I would rather know the truth and the truth will make me free. (John 8:32)
Falsities as follows: 1. I did not have sexual relations with that woman. 2. Read my lips: no new taxes. 3. He is an illegitimate president, and he stole the Election. 4. He won because the election was rigged. Hint: The answer to 3 and 4 is not the same person. Let us not keep perpetuating the Big Lie.
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