Truxit

I ran across an article the other day about the “Oxford Dictionary Word of the year.” It was “post-truth”

I think that’s two words… but that’s not my beef.

It is actually dead-on.

The article was about the recent election season and the proliferation of fake-news and how easily it spread. But not just fake news, but heavily opinionated news (not journalism) and because of Facebook’s brilliant marketing and study of YOU. It can fill your news feed with exactly what you want to hear, which isn’t a very well rounded way to stay informed about life (and politics). The article went on to say:

63% of Americans use Facebook as their primary news source—not necessarily a good thing when we consider that news on social media is carefully curated, meaning the algorithms are designed to only show us articles and posts we will like and agree with. Demonstrating just how dangerous that practice is, The Wall Street Journal created two different Facebook feeds, one blue (liberal-slanted news), one red (conservative-slanted news), and the outcome was astonishing. The experiment showed that for any given topic, partisan Facebook users received entirely different stories based on their pre-conceived biases. Scholars call this the echo-chamber effect, whereby social media surrounds us with like-minded people in closed communities and then only delivers content with which we all agree. It leads to blind spots, polarization, intolerance, and the inability to cultivate critical thinking and healthy discourse skills. -Axis Culture Translator Vol 2. Issue 46

In Colossians chapter 2 we are told not to get our source of truth from the world and its philosophies (or opinions or emotions) but from Christ in whom we were rooted.

There has been a slow and strategic exit from truth over recent history. It is a decay from any agreeable standard that makes an objective statement intolerant. Well I have a word that I’d like to fabricate as well to define this decay,

“Truxit” and exodus from truth.

Real truth is going to become more and more of a rare and priceless thing as time goes on. Christ-followers have corner on the market in the truth and love department. We hold the keys to truth and with that comes the responsibility to make it known and to make known the source of truth, Jesus Christ.

#truth