{"id":164,"date":"2012-03-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/from-a-noble-lie-to-a-magnificent-life\/"},"modified":"2012-03-22T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T11:00:00","slug":"from-a-noble-lie-to-a-magnificent-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/from-a-noble-lie-to-a-magnificent-life\/","title":{"rendered":"From a noble lie to a magnificent life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I knew they were wrong. Something inside of me wanted to tell the truth, but like a split-second decision that changes your destiny, the river flowed out of the wrong channel. Trying to catch the words, they were gone, smoke spreading on a cold morning.<\/div>\n
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Now out in the open, I had to deal with the after affect. So, I justified the words, first to myself, then to God. Neither of us bought the argument, but it sounded reasonable.<\/div>\n
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So rationalization was the next step. After all, \u00a0I didn\u2019t want the other person to be hurt by the truth.\u00a0 Out of sensitivity, the untruth was far more palatable than what really had happened.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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I told a lie for a higher good, at least that was the best excuse I could come up with. Plato<\/a>\u2019s magnificent myth was justification for the elite to lead the subordinate classes into a society that lived in harmony. The noble lie he proposed in the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Republic<\/span><\/a><\/i> was meant to maintain social peace in the land.<\/div>\n
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And governments ever since have latched on to the concept with great relish. It\u2019s not relegated to the ancients. The Consumer Price Index<\/a>, unemployment rate and government budgets are often manipulated figures, contorted to help the masses feel better about their lot.<\/div>\n
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The problem is that eventually, we know when we are being lied to. We react in anger, and in frustration throw our support to another path, which often filled with a whole new set of noble lies.<\/div>\n
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In a world of lies, it\u2019s easy to take the cynics path, to trust no one. <\/i><\/div>\n
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And there, on the edge of the rubble of deceit, stands a Savior. \u201cI am the truth, the way, and the life,\u201d he beckons. <\/div>\n
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Truth <\/div>\n
Direction<\/div>\n
Life<\/div>\n
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A noble truth. <\/div>\n
A magnficient path.<\/div>\n
A different way to live.\n

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