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Beloved...we need to have a conversation about facts vs truth.
Because a lot of us are struggling with that, and the results can be jarring in a lot of cases.
A young man I know recently posted this status on FB:
“It’s hard to decipher what’s facts and opinion these days.”
Because a lot of us are struggling with that, and the results can be jarring in a lot of cases.
A young man I know recently posted this status on FB:
“It’s hard to decipher what’s facts and opinion these days.”
I know enough about this young man to know that he’s been struggling to make sense of the world.
He, like many talented young, Black artists, has been exploring how the racial upheaval of the past few months ought to impact/inform his art.
I think that’s healthy. 2/10
He, like many talented young, Black artists, has been exploring how the racial upheaval of the past few months ought to impact/inform his art.
I think that’s healthy. 2/10
He, like many young Black people in the word of Evangelicalism, has also been wresting with which Republicans he should support.
Which of course means that he is a Trump supporter.
He’s not always outspoken about it. But it’s not a secret either.
But back to his post. 3/10
Which of course means that he is a Trump supporter.
He’s not always outspoken about it. But it’s not a secret either.
But back to his post. 3/10
He made the post, & a bunch of folks (100% of whom - yes I checked - were vocal, meme posting, half the TL “censored” by FB fact checks, Trump Christians) chimed in with “let God be true & every man a liar” as well as advice like “turn off the news” & “do your own research” 4/10
That unsettled my spirit. We have an entire culture based on disciplined people into a vapid way of thinking that begets a stubborn arrogance.
Many people avoid critical engagement, accept narratives from “trusted sources” as TRUTH and then creat FACTS to support them. 5/10
Many people avoid critical engagement, accept narratives from “trusted sources” as TRUTH and then creat FACTS to support them. 5/10
A fact ought to be indisputable. A truth often involves a belief, and is affirmed. Opinions are views and judgments formed by people.
We need to spend some time reckoning with the differences. 6/10
We need to spend some time reckoning with the differences. 6/10
My faith is a truth. It cannot be empirical proven and is my truth because I believed and affirmed it. It is not a fact, and facts will not feed my faith.
How I feel that my faith should impact my life is often a matter of opinion.
Blur these lines & it gets messy. 7/10
How I feel that my faith should impact my life is often a matter of opinion.
Blur these lines & it gets messy. 7/10
As one with a pastor’s heart, my issue is for the care of souls.
When young Black people are caught up in and discipled into White Evangelical spaces, it often requires the affirmation of truths that aren’t entirely biblical that run counter to their experiences. 8/10
When young Black people are caught up in and discipled into White Evangelical spaces, it often requires the affirmation of truths that aren’t entirely biblical that run counter to their experiences. 8/10
An example of one such truth is that Democrats are inherently more evil than Republicans. Affirming that truth provides a litmus test for whether or not your faith is legitimate.
But when we begin to tug at the strings of those truths... it’s very disorienting. 9/10
But when we begin to tug at the strings of those truths... it’s very disorienting. 9/10
I know many people who have left Christianity entirely after reckoning with those truths.
And I know some who have merely deconstructed.
My prayer is that we do the work of cultivating the mind in discipleship so that people are not traumatized by the process. 10/10
And I know some who have merely deconstructed.
My prayer is that we do the work of cultivating the mind in discipleship so that people are not traumatized by the process. 10/10
