Here
is the difference between a credible witness, you would want to call Mr. Truth
–– and a trickster that wants to take you for a ride, and you would want to
call him Mr. Liar:
JUDGE:
Tell me this, Mr. Truth, how many apples fell from the tree on that day?
TRUTH:
At first, only 1 apple fell from the tree, your honor.
JUDGE:
Tell me this, Mr. Liar, how many apples fell from the tree on that day?
LIAR:
At first, 3 apples fell from the tree, your honor.
JUDGE:
But I have a picture that shows 2 apples on the ground. Why is this different
from what you saw?
TRUTH:
That's right, your honor. At first there was only 1 apple on the ground like I
said. But a few moments later, a second apple fell to the ground before the
picture was taken.
LIAR:
That's right, your honor. At first there were 3 apples on the ground like I
said. But a few moments later, one apple flew into the sky before the picture
was taken.
JUDGE:
Did you say an apple flew into the sky, and you want me to believe this?
LIAR:
Yes, your honor. I made 1 apple fly into the sky by the power of my
telekinesis.
The
idea behind cross-examining a witness is to confront him with the evidence that
came to light. If he maintains the same story till the end, or he can
convincingly explain the contradictions as they arise, the probability is high
that he is telling the truth. But if he changes his story to suit the new
evidence, and he cannot explain the contradictions without sinking into
absurdity, the probability is high that he is lying. This is true in judicial
litigation as it is in history when you “quiz” the work of historians whose
profession confers on them the label: witnesses to history.
But
here again, there are two ways to report on history. First, there is the way
that's verified through excavation and the discovery of ancient writings and
relics. It is like Mr. Truth telling a convincing story. And second, there is
the way that's based on religious mythologies. This one claims to be a true
account of how history has unfolded in ancient times.
However,
that last one can only be verified through the prophesies it makes about future
occurrences … events that never come to pass. For this reason, the prophesies
are re-interpreted over and over again to make them coincide with the unfolding
of current events. This is like a Mr. Liar that cannot tell a straight story,
and so, he sinks into absurdity.
Changing
the story to suit the moment and sinking into absurdity is what you’ll
encounter when you read the article that came under the title: “Hanukkah: The
First Battle against Transnationalism and the Deep State,” written by Rabbi
Aryeh Spero, and published on December 23, 2019 in The American Thinker.
As
you can see in the title, the rabbi is already signaling that he intends to
falsify ancient history to make it concord with the apparition of current
realities such as transnationalism and the Deep State. He then begins telling
the story with these words: “Many think of Hanukkah as a fight for religious
freedom. While that was at stake, it was part of a battle in behalf of national
identity”.
And
then, to counter the legitimate slogan expressing Palestinian identity and
patriotism, which goes, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine shall be free,”
Aryeh Spero spoke, not of Palestine which has been the actual name of that land
since antiquity, but of Israel which has been the phony name given to what he
describes as, “the land between the Mediterranean and Jordan”.
But
what should be the relationship of America's Jews with that of
Palestine-cum-Israel piece of real estate? Well, reading the entire article,
you'll be stunned to realize that the rabbi is telling America's Jews and every
Jew on the planet, that Israel is their home. No matter where the Jews live, he
is telling them that the message of Hanukkah is that all Jews must be Israeli
patriots as were, “the Maccabees who battled not only an enemy from without but
enemies from within, including civil servants and old-line families. These were
the multi-culturalists, the cultural Marxists of their time,” he went on to
say.
And
what did these multi-culturalists and cultural Marxists of their time, do?
“They were lured away by the same notions of transnationalism, and betrayed the
Judea handed to them by their forebears. The perfidy ended when the temple was
destroyed completely,” says the rabbi.