One day, a woman named Truth and a woman named Lie stood by a river just outside of town. They were twin sisters. Lie challenged Truth to a race, claiming she could swim across the river faster than Truth.
Lie laid out the rules to the challenge, stating that they both must remove all their clothes, and at the count of 3, dive into the freezing cold water, and swim to the other side and back.
Lie counted to 3, but when Truth jumped in, Lie did not. As Truth swam across the river, Lie put on Truth’s clothes, and walked back into the town dressed as Truth. She proudly paraded around town pretending to be Truth.
Truth made it back to shore, but her clothes were gone and she was left naked with only Lie’s clothes to wear. Refusing to dress herself as Lie, Truth walked back to town naked. People stared and glared as naked Truth walked through town. She tried to explain what happened and that she was in fact Truth, but because she was naked and uncomfortable to look at, people mocked and shunned her; refusing to believe she was really Truth.
The people in town chose to believe Lie because she was dressed appropriately and easier to look at. From that day until this, people have come to believe a lie rather than they believe the naked Truth.
(An Old Roman Fable) Funny how Truth & Lies are timeless?