This is a story that my sister recalls our father telling her. I have not heard the story before but it really does resonate with me.
The story is told that Truth and Lie go swimming in a pond on a hot day. They realize they don’t have their swimming suits, so they go skinny dipping. After having fun swimming in the pond, Truth realizes that he needs to go back to work and sees that Lie has already left. Truth finds both his and Lie’s clothes gone, goes into town buck naked, knocks on Lie’s door and says, “Why did you steal my clothes?” Lie answers, “I didn’t steal your clothes.” Truth says, “But you are wearing them right now!” And Lie responds, “Not only did I not steal your clothes, but these are my clothes and always have been!”
We are more willing to believe a lie in truth’s clothing than to believe the naked truth!
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