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facts, fiction, lies, truth....
Nov. 12th, 2009 10:49 amI don't get it.
Part of my way of trying to understand the world is to attempt to get at the heart of things, so I know what I can accept and what I shouldn't. I want truth over spin, facts over philosophies, the tangible over faith. I know that puts me square in the Thomas camp, but it doesn't deny me the ability to believe in things unseen -- just that I'd PREFER to have things clear when I can, and I know the limit between that view and the one where my faith lives.
So, I often do a bit of research when I hear the same spin given over and over. Or, when I know I'm not all that good at it, I ask![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elfgirl do poke at the facts a bit because she's a genius when it comes to that sort of thing. She knows me well enough now that if I bring up something with a hint of controversy she'll go do some due-diligence just to make conversation later. She's good like that.
I just don't understand how the rest of the world can live without that interest in the core of their world. Maybe they'd be happier if they had their ownelfgirl, but I doubt it. There is something to being a follower, a herd member, that is comforting to the masses, and so they don't ask "is that really true" of their pundits. And they lose out so much as a result.
Am I alone?
Part of my way of trying to understand the world is to attempt to get at the heart of things, so I know what I can accept and what I shouldn't. I want truth over spin, facts over philosophies, the tangible over faith. I know that puts me square in the Thomas camp, but it doesn't deny me the ability to believe in things unseen -- just that I'd PREFER to have things clear when I can, and I know the limit between that view and the one where my faith lives.
So, I often do a bit of research when I hear the same spin given over and over. Or, when I know I'm not all that good at it, I ask
elfgirl do poke at the facts a bit because she's a genius when it comes to that sort of thing. She knows me well enough now that if I bring up something with a hint of controversy she'll go do some due-diligence just to make conversation later. She's good like that.I just don't understand how the rest of the world can live without that interest in the core of their world. Maybe they'd be happier if they had their own
elfgirl, but I doubt it. There is something to being a follower, a herd member, that is comforting to the masses, and so they don't ask "is that really true" of their pundits. And they lose out so much as a result.Am I alone?
