October 2018 - davidherin.org

Lie: Things I can’t sense do not exist, and if they do, it doesn’t matter

Lie: Things I can’t sense do not exist, and if they do, it doesn’t matter.
Truth: Most of reality, even most of what is important, cannot be seen or sensed at all.

We see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. — I Corinthians 13:12

We experience so much today – our eyes are assaulted with images, our ears with sounds. We are drenched – overstimulated by a world of TV images, phone apps, YouTube, iTunes and more. The sheer volume of sights and sounds quickly overwhelm our senses. It’s no wonder we forget the unseen world when the seen-world fills our vision.

LIE: Passively looking at human images is harmless

Lie: Passively looking at human images is harmless.
Truth: Passively looking at human images reduces our ability to relate to people.

Until the early 1800s the only images of the human face and form were reflections from reflective surfaces and portrait artwork. But George Eastman’s invention of roll film triggered a landslide that continues to build, even today.
It’s estimated here in 2018, that the average person in the western world sees hundreds, if not thousands of images every day, many of which are, or contain, images of human faces and bodies.[1] Since the advent of the Internet . . .