I found this quote on The Conservative Treehouse. I like it. It reminds me of comments I’ve heard about religion such as, “Everyone has a different truth.” I don’t think so. The truth just is and it is our job to find it.
I find the persecution of the Zimmerman family to be horrific. George isn’t the only Zimmerman having to hide because of death threats. In March of 2012, Roseanne Barr tweeted the correct address and phone number of George’s parents, Gladys and Robert Zimmerman. They immediately started getting death threats and had to leave their home. The worst part is that they were caring for Gladys’ aging mother, who has Alzheimer’s Disease. They haven’t been able to live in their house for about a year and a half but have had to continue to pay for the mortgage and taxes while also having to pay for a safe place to hide. Even after they left, death threats continued to be left on their neighbors answering machines. One threat specifically said he would slit Gladys’ throat. Their expenses have been tremendous and they’re rapidly using up their life savings just trying to hide from those who threaten to kill them. They have a web site that tells their story. They also have a donation account set up for anyone who might want to help them.
As for George, I don’t know how he will ever be able to get a job to support himself. He is dependent on contributions to pay for him to hide from those who threaten to kill him.
http://www.robertandgladys.com/
ABCNEWS.COM – Robert and Gladys Zimmerman discuss the trial, the country’s reaction and their son’s future.
via George Zimmerman’s Parents Interview With Barbara Walters.
I think I have a new favorite author.
I was horrified when I first heard the reports of the Trayvon Martin murder. The media reported that a black child was hunted down and murdered by a white racist who wasn’t accustomed to seeing a black child in his wealthy white gated community.
That story was created by Crump and his media analyst, Julian. It’s not surprising that the media ran with that story. It’s just hard to understand that they continued with it even after the story began to unravel. The wealthy white gated community turned out to be a multi-racial community of not terribly expensive townhouses. There was a fence and gate because it’s a high crime area. The white racist turned out to be half hispanic with a grandmother who is half black.
Even after learning the truth, the media kept promoting the original narrative.
Winston Churchill said, “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.” I think about that quote often when I’m recording calories. I can forget to add something or underestimate the amount, but when I step on the scales, there it is, the truth.
Churchill also said, “A lie gets half way around the world before the truth has a chance to get it’s pants on.” Because of mass media and social media, that’s even more true today than when Churchill said it.
“Once in a while you will stumble upon the truth but most of us manage to pick ourselves up and hurry along as if nothing had happened,” another Churchill quote. The truth has no agenda but we do. We all do. We just can’t help ourselves. It’s impossible to even talk about it without agendas entering the picture. We can’t trust the news media to give us the objective truth. We now have to choose which slant slant we want to get our information from.
The only way we can possibly find truth in a world full of so much misinformation and agendas is to stay tuned with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit reacts in us much like the resonance of music. When there’s a frequency created, other frequencies that are tuned to that frequency also react and vibrate. God knows the truth stripped of all agendas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kzeybpDIYU
By staying in tune with the Holy Spirit and maintaining good spiritual health, we gain heightened perception and heightened discernment.
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