Anymore, it is to the point that I do not want to be around anyone, other than my immediate family that is and even then I spend a lot of time reading and studying and not in socializing.
I began to ask myself why this was. I remember back as a child I could play with the other children and not have a care in the world. Back then it wasn't about lying and cheating. It wasn't about getting ahead or beating someone out of the top spot or even winning at all. It was just children playing, at least to me, and nothing more. I accepted it wholeheartedly.
That was back in the 1970's and to be sure there was a lot of evil in the world back then but it was also still a time when you could leave your car doors unlocked and not worry about anything. I remember walking through parking lots and noticing people would leave their windows down and their keys hanging in the ignition. People mostly still valued truth, honesty, integrity.
In just a few short decades we have sunk to incredible lows. Now people think almost entirely of themselves, what is in it for me? Short attention spans, constantly in need of more and more entertainment and the lies, everywhere with the lies!!
It was once said that people have two reasons for everything they do. The one they tell you and the real one! How true that is.
However, I don't mean just the bald faced lies that get told, although they are plentiful enough but we even lie for no reason. We tell lies, we believe lies and that's the way we like it. In fact, our society is so evil that it simply cannot function without lies. They have become essential.
From telling ourselves we aren't fat slobs all the way to believing that "we are all going to be raptured out of here at any minute" and every damnable lie in between.
Some of the lies are because we have been lied to ourselves and then we never bothered to check it out. Some we believe because they make us feel better, some are meant to get us ahead in life and some are so we don't hurt other people's feelings.
They range from huge lies all the way down to the smallest lies. We watch TV and it is nothing but lies, the commercials are lies. The newspapers and blogs are lies. What our kids are taught in school are lies and what we are told on the news are lies. Yes, I too am a liar and I hate it!
Isaiah 28:15 says "Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:" Is this not true today?
The truth is not welcome, unless it is acknowledged to simply be someone's opinion. You can believe whatever you want but just don't try and make others believe it. You have to be tolerant of everyone's stupid views so we can all get along with each other.
When I get around other people the lies begin spewing out of me like a faucet and I do not like it. So I try my best to avoid people when I can. That way I only have to try not to lie to myself, which is easier to do.
Really, now why would I want to socialize with people when I have to lie all the time in order to do it. Make no mistake, if you spend time with others, you will have to lie to them. Otherwise you will be extruded from the group because they will simply NOT tolerate the truth.
Try being truly honest around people and see what a wonderful reception you get. Will you be respected for your truthfulness? Don't hold your breath waiting for that response. No, instead, you will be attacked for being a mean, insensitive person that has hate in his heart. Yes the truth is often misidentified today as hate. Isn't that just what you would expect from a society of liars.
Now, I love the truth and I hate lies, even when it involves something as "honorable" as not hurting someones feelings but the strange and annoying fact is that most of the lies that rock my boat are these very ones, the ones to keep others from getting their feelings hurt. Somewhere in my upbringing I was conditioned to never hurt anyone's feelings, always be nice to others and respect their opinions. It is the most frustrating thing being trapped between a lie and telling someone their an unrighteous, ignorant fool that deserves everything the Lord gives them.
So why would I want to intentionally socialize with anyone today. You are all a bunch of liars that will not abide the truth and a condition of your friendship is that I constantly and convincingly lie to you. You will gladly reciprocate and tell me lies and we will smile and laugh and say "what a good time we are having together".
We can snuggle up in our lies like they are a warm blanket. Day after day we get away with the same degrading and demeaning lifestyles with no retribution.
Psalm 82 says:
"«A Psalm of Asaph.» God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations."
How long oh Lord before I can engage in a conversation that is not based in some part on lies. How long will you let the wicked continue their mocking and self-serving behaviors. How long oh Lord will you not judge?
I will perhaps update this article soon, as now it seems to be simple venting and not much that someone could use to improve themselves, then again maybe it is just what we need to hear.
I began to ask myself why this was. I remember back as a child I could play with the other children and not have a care in the world. Back then it wasn't about lying and cheating. It wasn't about getting ahead or beating someone out of the top spot or even winning at all. It was just children playing, at least to me, and nothing more. I accepted it wholeheartedly.
That was back in the 1970's and to be sure there was a lot of evil in the world back then but it was also still a time when you could leave your car doors unlocked and not worry about anything. I remember walking through parking lots and noticing people would leave their windows down and their keys hanging in the ignition. People mostly still valued truth, honesty, integrity.
In just a few short decades we have sunk to incredible lows. Now people think almost entirely of themselves, what is in it for me? Short attention spans, constantly in need of more and more entertainment and the lies, everywhere with the lies!!
It was once said that people have two reasons for everything they do. The one they tell you and the real one! How true that is.
However, I don't mean just the bald faced lies that get told, although they are plentiful enough but we even lie for no reason. We tell lies, we believe lies and that's the way we like it. In fact, our society is so evil that it simply cannot function without lies. They have become essential.
From telling ourselves we aren't fat slobs all the way to believing that "we are all going to be raptured out of here at any minute" and every damnable lie in between.
Some of the lies are because we have been lied to ourselves and then we never bothered to check it out. Some we believe because they make us feel better, some are meant to get us ahead in life and some are so we don't hurt other people's feelings.
They range from huge lies all the way down to the smallest lies. We watch TV and it is nothing but lies, the commercials are lies. The newspapers and blogs are lies. What our kids are taught in school are lies and what we are told on the news are lies. Yes, I too am a liar and I hate it!
Isaiah 28:15 says "Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:" Is this not true today?
The truth is not welcome, unless it is acknowledged to simply be someone's opinion. You can believe whatever you want but just don't try and make others believe it. You have to be tolerant of everyone's stupid views so we can all get along with each other.
When I get around other people the lies begin spewing out of me like a faucet and I do not like it. So I try my best to avoid people when I can. That way I only have to try not to lie to myself, which is easier to do.
Really, now why would I want to socialize with people when I have to lie all the time in order to do it. Make no mistake, if you spend time with others, you will have to lie to them. Otherwise you will be extruded from the group because they will simply NOT tolerate the truth.
Try being truly honest around people and see what a wonderful reception you get. Will you be respected for your truthfulness? Don't hold your breath waiting for that response. No, instead, you will be attacked for being a mean, insensitive person that has hate in his heart. Yes the truth is often misidentified today as hate. Isn't that just what you would expect from a society of liars.
Now, I love the truth and I hate lies, even when it involves something as "honorable" as not hurting someones feelings but the strange and annoying fact is that most of the lies that rock my boat are these very ones, the ones to keep others from getting their feelings hurt. Somewhere in my upbringing I was conditioned to never hurt anyone's feelings, always be nice to others and respect their opinions. It is the most frustrating thing being trapped between a lie and telling someone their an unrighteous, ignorant fool that deserves everything the Lord gives them.
So why would I want to intentionally socialize with anyone today. You are all a bunch of liars that will not abide the truth and a condition of your friendship is that I constantly and convincingly lie to you. You will gladly reciprocate and tell me lies and we will smile and laugh and say "what a good time we are having together".
We can snuggle up in our lies like they are a warm blanket. Day after day we get away with the same degrading and demeaning lifestyles with no retribution.
Psalm 82 says:
"«A Psalm of Asaph.» God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations."
How long oh Lord before I can engage in a conversation that is not based in some part on lies. How long will you let the wicked continue their mocking and self-serving behaviors. How long oh Lord will you not judge?
I will perhaps update this article soon, as now it seems to be simple venting and not much that someone could use to improve themselves, then again maybe it is just what we need to hear.
