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Chapter 5 Truth

The truth is expensive and it's never what it seems. When you watch a movie, something that seems like A turns out to actually be B and we get so excited, clapping and cheering when the truth is revealed and balance is restored. In real life however, then the truth comes out, shit goes down. The price of truth is very high and some people even stake their lives on it. To echo a line from John 18:38 "What is truth?" Growing up we're taught to tell the truth. We're rewarded and applauded when we tell the truth. My brother found money in school once on the ground and turned it in, he was praised during assembly for it. It's a big deal to tell the truth when you're a kid. Things change when you're an adult. Telling the truth is for chumps. You tell the truth and you're considered not street smart and naive. You tell the truth and you're a wuss. You're condemned for the truth. Jesus told the truth about who he was and he was nailed to the cross ...