{"id":26158,"date":"2014-09-15T07:23:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=26158"},"modified":"2014-09-15T07:23:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:23:19","slug":"the-big-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/09\/the-big-lie.html","title":{"rendered":"The Big Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Brooke<\/p>\n

In a blog comment<\/a>, Brooke Lester\u00a0made the comment that I\u2019ve shared here:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s never really about a \u201cliteral\u201d\u00a0<\/span>interpretation, but about controlling interpretation. In every\u00a0<\/span>interview, every Facebook comment, every conversation, you have to take the\u00a0<\/span>word \u201cliterally\u201d away from them. That their interpretation is \u201cliteral\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>is the Big Lie that makes all the little lies possible.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This image also seems relevant to this topic:<\/p>\n

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In a blog comment, Brooke Lester\u00a0made the comment that I\u2019ve shared here: It\u2019s never really about a \u201cliteral\u201d\u00a0interpretation, but about controlling interpretation. In every\u00a0interview, every Facebook comment, every conversation, you have to take the\u00a0word \u201cliterally\u201d away from them. That their interpretation is \u201cliteral\u201d\u00a0is the Big Lie that makes all the little lies possible. 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