Once in a while we find national interviews which seem to make many people question themselves and their ‘reality’. Yesterday’s interview of former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura on Fox’s Hannity and Colmes may be considered one of them.
Although I disagree with a few of his stances, it may be interesting to hear what former Marine veteran, explosives expert, politician, and political commentator Jesse Ventura had to say about a few factors involved in popular US cultural ‘reality’, including what many consider irregularities in popular politics, 911, and our overall state of culture.
It seems to bring back something we discuss on this blog often: How do you know something to be true? Do you assume many things based on someone else’s opinion, or do you prefer to take a wider approach and consider multiple resources before forming your own opinion? And, if someone says something which does not mesh with your sense of reality, do you disregard it out of hand? Or do you compare against your own thoughts and feelings to see if it may be true?
If we truly think that we put our faith and trust in reality, and do not live in our own made-up dream worlds: Can we be hurt by re-evaluating our own stance on reality? Or does it instead serve to either provide new evidence to improve our understanding or provide a larger basis to back up our original assessment?
Can we live our lives….can we follow scripture….can we track prophecy if we disregard the word of others in favor of what sounds most comfortable to us? Or is it in fact more wise to consider the words of others before disregarding them as nonsense?
What do you think?
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