Pharisees Anonymous

  This testimony begins with the earliest memory I have. I don’t claim that it’s necessarily true. I remember it. But it could be a false memory. I know that those are possible and I don’t pretend that I’m above it.   My father worked in the courts as a court reporter for longer than I’ve been alive and he’s made it clear that there could be ten witnesses of one event, all have different versions of the event, and all believe their version is true. The “glasses” you wear color everything you see.  The glasses I wear are spiritual. From the time I was a small child I remember having strange spiritual occurrences.  I have the gift of spiritual discernment.  It’s a gift    - or a curse - like so many things it depends on what glasses you wear.  It’s not like what you’d think. I see things. I sense things. Things most people can’t see hear or sense. Or if they do they don’t usually admit it. It’s uncomfortable. It’s made me different. Stand-offish. I ...

I believe the whole point of the Truman show is that  Media has taken the place of God.   The Media tells us what to wear. What is desirable in a mate. What love is. What to wear eat and drink. What to buy. What to think. And what to worship. It tells us who we are and informs our every move. It even spies on us and then targets ads to us based on our private conversations.  Many people start their day immediately by turning on their phone. It used to be that people started their days in prayer and Bible reading. That’s because they wanted to be informed by God. Today they are still informed by their god - the mass media. Hollywood.  The one true God gives us free will. Hollywood does not. Hollywood gives us fantasy. Illusion. Entertainment. Escape. But what we need is not fantasy, nor illusion, entertainment, nor escape, but Truth.  Truman’s life is literally based in a Hollywood fantasy.  He is the only person who isn’t living a lie - thus the name “True ...