Who the Eyes and Ears Believe

 

Eye Believer

What is the most compelling thing in a murder trial?  The eyewitness testimony. It’s graphic, emotional, and compelling. Why? Because the person saw it happen. That’s strong.  It’s also often wrong.  Eyewitnesses are known to actually be notoriously unreliable in many cases.

Ear Believer

Have you seen the Christmas movie ‘White Christmas’?  The housekeeper is an eavesdropping busy body who overhears a partial conversation over the phone and makes assumptions, and shares them, about the whole nature of the conversation. It leads to a big huge mess.

Smart Believer

So, what is the solution to this dilemma of having something seen or heard that seems to be rock solid?  Withholding judgment is how I deal with it.  I say to myself, What’s the rush? Why do I have to go on social media or to my friends and say something RIGHT NOW about this event that I have heard or seen just a fragment of?  Why not be patient and wait to find out more about what is happening? Why not investigate and look deeper?

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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman

Quote by Anonymous

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