Belief Detective Pillows

'Can't heal you unless you believe.'

"Ma, what does 'kosher' mean?"

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

A Young Boy Talking To An Old Gentleman.

'Okay - who leaked?'

Community church - the home of religion lite - Sermon: 'Atheism? You may be right!'

'God sees everything? You mean He channel surfs?'

Confirmation Bias

'Is there a God? God knows...'

"Really, Mr. Stevens, this fantasy of being turned into a giant frog is absurd. We both know there's no such thing as a curse, and you can't seriously believe your mother-in-law is actually a witch. . ."

'Wow! -- Talk about family values!'

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help the Google?"

"Do you swear you haven't embroidered the truth in your testimony today?"

'I want you to sit up front right by my desk. It's not because I want to keep an eye on you. It's a feng shui thing.'

"I have a movie plot idea... A girl is kidnapped at birth. She's threatened, oppressed, and lives in constant fear. Here's the twist - the kidnapper is only in her mind."

"Before I give you my resume, I'd like to know how thorough you fact check."

"Play the last presidential debate....hold on....first take our all the lies and stuff..."

Religion, This End Up

Sigmund Freud.

'And that's your idea of a desk calendar...'

"You want the truth, the whole truth, or nothing but the truth?"

"I believe it because I believe it and that's how I know it's true."

What a nation looks like with a free press and access to information / What a nation looks like with no free press and no access to correct information.

It isn't just the media that's biased...often the voters are too.

'Would you like my professional advice, or my honest opinion?.'

Rashomon of West 84th Street

A person is reading another person's thoughts.

"I'll have an extra large conspiracy burger with anti-semitism, plenty of racism, stupidity and a load of crap."

Today's lesson: the plague of darkness

"Perhaps you slept SLOWER than usual..."

'Tell me why I should excuse you from serving on jury duty. Be careful what you say. I have been trained to read between the lies.'

'Well, Tom, everyone suffers from delusions from time to time.'

'I'm just sorting through the latest job applications now.'

"Well... I don't believe in you either!"

'...But in case God misses something...'