Jesus tells disciples that, like himself, they “do not belong to the world” of rulers. Jesus also tells them truth does not belong to the world of rulers either, so Jesus “consecrates them in truth.”
Rulers not being ‘consecrated in truth’ explains Trump’s 30,000+ lies. One type of lie is opinion. Not to be confused with expert opinion meaning advanced knowledge, opinion is the lack of knowledge. Opinion is defined as notions or beliefs not substantiated by facts. Opinion lacks research and critical thinking in favor of personal anecdotes. It is susceptible to moods, conformity, and, prejudice. Prejudicial opinion abounds on right-wing talk shows, like Fox News, where speakers offer untruths. When caught in their desecration of truth, they claim to be entertainers. It proves they have diminished themselves of character to absolve themselves from responsibility for truth. They are puppet masters. They use people to advance their lies. They move their audience who believes they are agents of truth, not knowing they are reactive puppets to liars. For example, Trump, his attorney, Sydney Powell, and others are telling the Big Lie that the election was stolen. When sued for her Big Lie, the character lacking Powel stated in court, “No reasonable person would conclude that (my) statements were truly statements of facts.” They were “outlandish claims,” “inherently improbable,” even “impossible,” and not to be believed. Yet millions of her and Trump’s puppets did believe the lies and are acting immorally as a result, violently. Jonathan Haidt, Professor at NYU Stern School of Business is being hailed by the GOP as a guide for moral truth during their Big Lie. As proof, they offer his popular Moral Foundations Theory. It theorizes people’s moral foundation is appropriately “emotional.” We all tend to ultimately “fail to establish any kind of rational principle” or moral reasons for our positions. We should therefore let people who believe differently than us, like in the Big Lie, keep talking and listen to them. They are moral too and we needn’t react emotionally but can rationally learn their morality. Haidt says proof of our tendency to react emotionally without rationality is our reaction to incest. Haidt says most people can’t rationally explain why they oppose it. But Haidt’s incest example only proves that right-wing puppet masters, like him, desecrate truth. They groom us incessantly in their opinions. They coerce us constantly to let them keep talking. Thus we listen, for generations – to their immorality. Proof is Haidt’s own charge that we cannot reasonably explain the truth of how puppet masters operate – in families! – through incest! – in society! – through sexual abuse! – in corporations! – through wage abuse! Persons being unable to rationally explain a moral response against incest, sex abuse, debt wages and so much more abuse and in favor of healthy relationships prove we are living under the unhealthy relationship culture right-wing puppet masters like Haidt construct. Puppet masters abuse us across systems and in degrees. They train us in their opinions, to let them keep talking, so that we are emotionally attached to them while they use us for their satisfaction – sexually, emotionally, politically,…. Right wing puppet masters, like Haidt, perfect their grooming of us from incestuous enclaves of domination and inequality which they rationalize as moral. They breed an incestuous culture that moralizes Trump, a man who sexually assaults and has 5 pedophile friends, including Jeffery Epstein. Puppet masters like Trump, Epstein, and Haidt hinder our being “consecrated in truth.”
Haidt groom us to “agree to disagree.” He wants us to prioritize civil manners when groomers are abusing our civil rights. Haidt grooms us to believe ‘both sides’ hate the other. But that desecrates the truth that puppet masters, ‘punch down.’ They systemically deny civil rights and human rights to vulnerable people who they are hating and killing. Haidt grooms us to believe a culture war exists, but that desecrates the truth that puppet masters devise culture wars. He grooms us to believe that political correctness is an offense to humanity, but that desecrates the truth that puppet masters always politically correct for their own honor, privilege, and benefit which is the real offense to humanity. His opinion that Eastern religion’s Shiva/Destroyer and Vishnu/Preserver exist in union and so should we, but that desecrates the truth that Brahmin puppet masters invented Shiva/ destroyer to justify hating and killing every culture’s untouchables, and invented Vishnu / Preserver to preserve every culture’s caste system. Finally, Haidt’s opinion that everyone is entitled to their opinion, desecrates that we are all ‘consecrated in truth.’
Prayer: Spirit, fill us with truth.
Question: How am I toyed with by puppet masters who diminish my being consecrated in truth?
May 16, 2021 Gospel John 17:11b-19 Seventh Sunday of Easter