Only two things matter: the salvation of the soul, and truth. That is why it is an offense to see so many posts running the rounds of social media that are full of blatant untruths that could be discovered by a small amount of fact-checking. The headline, or the meme, screams at us. “Pope Francis says yada yada yada!” we are told; when, in fact, the pope has said nothing like yada yada yada. “Obama’s outrageous words!” another post screams; when, in fact, Obama didn’t say it and what he did say was a big yawning bore of a cliché. But you hit share and cry: “Horrible! Egregious!”
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