Lewis Smedes wrote: “Truthfulness is one more invisible fiber that holds people together in humane community. When we cannot assume that people communicating with us are truthful, we cannot live with them in trust that they will respect our right to freedom to respond to reality. [sic] If we cannot trust each other to respect this basic right, we have lost our chance to be human together in God’s manner. . . . Speak the truth, be the truth, for your truth sets others free.”174
