Opus 2025-482: The Eyes Don’t Have It Any More

I have seen numerous pictures which are reported to be Hamas executing their political rivals.  The written portion talks about them hunting down rival gangs, and anyone who has tried to stand up to them.  I’m told that now that they are coming out of the tunnels they’re putting their uniforms back on . One reason all of this is very simple to believe is because it fits in with the pattern that these terrorist have demonstrated over the years.  There is nothing in it that is surprising.

The big question that we always have to ask ourselves though, would be, “Is it true?”

Just because I want something to be true, or should I say just because something fits my preconceived notions, does that excuse me for taking it at face value?  Keep in mind the things that we know that are readily available to even amateur provocateurs.  You have the tools of AI. Does anybody remember Photoshop?  With Internet search engines we have access to vast quantities of old photographs.  Has Hollywood ever produce something like this?  Since reporters can’t find out much of anything else how would they know what Hamas is doing against its rivals behind the barricade of censorship?

I don’t know if you’ve noticed but so far I have seen one photograph.  This type of sensationalism I have seen in regard to earthquakes, fires and all kinds of disasters.  You have one spot and you take multiple photographs from different positions, different angles, different times of day, different lighting, different filters, and you presented as something much bigger than it actually is.

Somewhere under all the manipulation is the truth.  When it comes to things like this, I don’t know if we’ll find the truth.  When I think of how this relates to me in my daily life, I as usual, come back to my studies of the Bible and thoughts about the things of God.  The commentaries that I read, the study notes in my reference Bible, the teachers on the Internet, all of them give me their opinion.  Even allowing for them speaking in good faith, it still adds up to a bunch of AI, Photoshop, personal opinions.  Fortunately, when it comes to eternal truth, I am able to cut through all of the nonsense and go right to the original source.  I have a Bible.  I was taught to read as a child.  I have learned to reason as I moved into adulthood.

I may continue to live in the dark when it comes to current events and the news.  I don’t have to settle for that when it comes to eternal truth.

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