All-out war has been declared against truth. If we are going to win this war - and the stakes couldn’t be higher - then we need to know that there is a war and what we are fighting against. In Part 01 , we learned about the enemies of truth, which come in all kinds of shapes, sizes, and colours. This includes words and phrases like spin, disinformation, misinformation, post-truth, double-speak, smoke and mirrors , and gaslighting . To this infamous list we add a few more items in the vocabulary of deception: Mendacity: Another word for untruthfulness and lying, particularly as a regular part of daily living. Half-truth: An interesting and deadly variant of the virus of lies. One could be telling a story that is technically factual but the goal is not to shed light but to obscure it. ‘Tell-all’ biographies can fit this description. They may actually be telling ‘the truth’ but the question needs to be asked: Why are they telling this story at all? Is it for the public good? Does it bring
'The Road Ahead' looks at some of the world trends issues and future forecasts from a Biblical worldview.