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I couldn’t leave it alone! 

“It” being a thread on Facebook related to a “conspiracy theory” website’s – and the latest output therefrom (new word, I think). 

I guess I’m just getting to a point where relative truth, whether from conspiracy sites, MSM (Mainstream Media) or from lobbying/partisan groups is beginning to wear on me.  Here was my response.

I’m finding that Facebook is doing the work to find hoaxes and fake news – they have been pushed in this direction, and rightly so. You will see related articles that contradict this article underneath these comments (at least on my computer).

Factcheckers have become the apologists for our world’s ideals. While I agree that refuting science requires better science (the basis of much of the factchecking being done), I still go back to the question of "What is truth?".

Siloed truth and social media echo chambers can miss the greater objective truth that our world is in need of. OK, a bit too philosophical – but that is where my head is at these days!

I can’t say I’m original in this.  But I am determined.

As I  began this year, I was seeking to know God more.  Jeremiah 9:24, in the Hebrew Scriptures, states that the best boasting we can do, and boasting we should do, is to boast that we know God.  That goes into considerations of his love, justice and righteousness. 

Best way to know God – talk to God.  Listen for God.  Act on God initiatives.

So, three times a day, I’m trying to connect:  morning, noon, night.

I figured using some already learned “prayers” would be good.  Start the morning with the popular song of the 70’s – To see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly (prefaced by “In the morning when I rise, give me Jesus”).  At noon is the Lord’s prayer – which we learned in Grade School.  The evening is the Apostle’s Creed – used when I was touring with a singing group in 1973/74.

That has made the prayers easier to remember.  Perhaps part way through the year, I’ll replace a prayer with another.  It’s not about what prayer – but that my prayers direct me to know God.

Looking forward to this!

Various comments from a group of seniors regarding the Christian Religion.

God and Jesus, who am I to doubt

My prayers are answered – there is a God

This is the only religion of love – Jesus never pushes, or leaves me or forsakes me

I grew up in Poland – we were all Christians

There are a lot of divisions

Have you heard of the phrase:  Social media echo chambers? 

With the opportunity to live in a global village, we can find enough people whose voices are the same as ours.  As we converse online, the soothing words begin to echo more and more – around the chamber that we have decided to make our home.  And we isolate ourselves to escape our fears. 

In another twist, we are invited into the “fun” of escape rooms – a game you can play at selected venues near you!  In this game, you look for a key to escape the dark of the prison you are placed into.  These rooms would be the opposite of the echo chamber (or more rightly, the echo chamber that we didn’t want to be in).  And we desperately seek to find the key to the exit.

New games, or old configurations imagined for a new generation?