Aaaargh! I could have woken up and just wondered what to have for breakfast, but I woke, this morning, thinking about the Unbelievable Nature of Truth. A few stories immediately came to mind:
(i) how escapees from Auschwitz were advised to soak strong Russian tobacco in petrol whilst hiding in a woodpile, to shield them from being discovered by the dogs set to seek them out; managing to smuggle out a document with map; diagram of the entire camp; & figures of how many were being gassed daily. This was reproduced and sent to as many prominent figures who could have acted on the as yet hidden truth now exposed. But, when the the recipients padded down to their breakfast & opened their morning post - the sheer volume of figures was So unbelievable - especially by the nation that had produced such greats in our cultural history, the Facts were dismissed as propaganda & lies.
(ii) The whole JimmySaville episode, the guy who made kid's dreams come true in 'Jim'll Fix It', who fixed it so no-one would believe the bleatings of the victims, or have the power to do anything about it. The horror of kids having to live with Not being believed.
(iii) 'Revelations' of our dearly beloved film stars of cherished childhood films, who apparently have a hidden side that is too hard to believe, or process adequately. And, 
(iv) hearing a radio broadcaster balk the moment anyone said: 'I've got a good story for you - and, it's True!' Knowing these 'true stories' Always sound unbelievable & unconvincing. 
Also, I can't help feeling the Truth can be dangerous. It can blow your mind; break your heart & if you discover a truth you weren't meant to know & it threatens the continuation of nefarious doings - it can get you 'suicided', killed, or crucified; which is another case in point: How far-fetched the whole Jesus narrative and story of Faith is - none of it makes reasonable; rational, worldly sense (without the revelation enabled by the Holy Spirit with that inner Knowingness - that is specific & personal, but even so, is developed through a filter of one's upbringing / experience /attitudes etc that will differ radically to that of other's Truth).
Given all that (before breakfast) how is anyone to make sense of what's going on around us - underground; behind closed doors; in secrecy; in bare-faced con-man deception; in mainstream media, and the fug of 'What's REALLY True' - What is?! What if the Truth is so disgusting, denying it is preferable? What if discovering the Truth brings with it an uncomfortable sense of responsibility, or of helplessness? What then?
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