33,000 DIE EACH YEAR SHAVING? - CHECK YOUR FACTS

   
   The Emergency Room Statistical Resource Center (ERSRC), has released a report this month on the number of deaths associated with neck shaving.  A little known fact is 33,000 men die each year, having slit their own throats while shaving.  Ben "Goatee" Robinson, President of the Neckbeard Co-op International (NCI), is capitalizing on this report for NCI's annual recruitment drive.  

      "People think neckbeards are a fashion statement, but they just might save your life, or the life of someone you love." Robinson stated at a rally at the  Norfolk, VA chapter of NCI.  ERSRC's report found most deaths were caused by straight razors, however almost one third of slit throat accidents were the result of utilizing safety razors.  ERSRC also went on to report that very few victims survive because they simply bleed out before help can arrive.  

     Robinson has been preaching the dangers of neck shaving for years and believes all men everywhere should either sport neck beards or, at the very least, use electric shavers.  One of NCI's brochures warns: "Every year, parents hand a razor and a can of shaving cream to a young, inexperienced teen aged boy, only to rue a tragedy which could have been easily averted with a neckbeard."

NCI has spent thousands of dollars lobbying Congress to outlaw private ownership of razors and have actually found an unlikely ally in the National Brotherhood of Barbers, who also believe razors of all kinds should be left in the hands of professionals.  

    You can't make this stuff up folks!   Or can you....  Well I just made all of the above up to make a point. Many people will read a ridiculous fake news article and never bother to verify it for accuracy.  Daily, millions see nonsense online then share and repost.  Recently, the topic of fake news has been lighting up both social and mainstream media.  Now, more than ever, fact checking is crucial.  Once a trusted source is found to have delivered fake news, all credibility is lost.  For a news agency, this can be devastating. 

      Tragically, fake news is not something exclusive to the media. Fake news has found it's way into the church and with it the loss of credibility.  When a news agency gets caught presenting fake news, revenue is lost and maybe a job or two.  When the church gets caught promoting fake new, lives can be destroyed.  

     How can you protect yourself from fake news in the church?  The only way is to learn the truth so well, you recognize error when you hear it.  2Timothy 2:15  Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth. 

      If you don't know the truth, you cannot detect a lie.  Millions of Christians trust their local congregation or minister to reveal Biblical truth, without ever actually reading the Bible for themselves.  Beware any minister who discourages you from reading the Bible for yourself.  No different than a husband who refuses to allow his wife to look through his phone, guaranteed, he is hiding something. 

      Blind Willie Johnson, the famous Bluesman, sang: Momma she taught me how to read... if I don't read and my soul is lost, it's nobody's fault but mine."  We have unlimited access to the Word of God.  If you don't read and you get deceived, it's nobody's fault but yours!  God has given us His word, it is our responsibility to read it.  

    The Gospel of Jesus Christ is literally The Good News.  The Good News is God has prepared a way for us to have a relationship with Him. The true news is Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life and no man comes to the Father but by Him.  The fake news is there are many pathways to God.  If your church or some other so called religious authority is presenting a way to God other than Jesus or teaches He was just a man, if your church or some other so called religious authority is telling you the Genesis account is not true, you are being presented with fake news!

     Do not trust your soul to man, read the Book God gave you and if men teach something different than what you read, run away.  Don't be a victim of fake news in the Church.

Now, go live as Christ... and give the devil hell!