…”All I want is the facts, Ma’am, just the facts….”

Get your facts straight.  This would seem to be a very important concern…dealing with the facts…the correct facts…the factual facts.  Remember the early TV series – Dragnet, where Sgt. Joe Friday always said…”All I want is the facts, Ma’am, just the facts.”  The use of incorrect information…incorrect-facts …can, too often, have the same affect as a lie.  It could be very damaging.  We all remember the children’s game, where a word, or sentence, starts at one end of a line, with one set of facts, and by the time it ends up at the other end…something is different.  I know of a Sunday School Teacher who miss-informed her class about the teachings of another religion; leaving an entirely incorrect impression about the teachings of that religion.  She should have done a better job of preparation.  I know a fellow who didn’t find out his wife was ten years older than he was until she applied for Social Security…what a shocker.  Correct FACTS are important. Where would I be, right now, without Spell-check? Think about the affect, during war, of inaccurate maps; or in manned space; the use of incorrect calculations; or in Government…the inaccuracy of government spending, SSI calculations, IRS calculations, etc.  One Accurate Fact we can always rely on is the Bible:  John 10:27 – My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.  God does not change the facts, nor does He misinform us. …Blessings…cjlb…9/27/13

Charles Brooks