Are You Being Deceived? How Would You Know?

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Are you being deceived? How would you know for sure? We are surrounded now more than ever before with lies and deception. You would think that it is mankind’s native language. The lies and deception started before Satan came on the scene in the Garden of Eden. According to Scripture, Satan is the father of lies and I call it his native language.

You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths… – John 8:44 AMP

Moreover, deception has been on the rise in the past 18 plus months. What can you do more clearly understand who is lying to you in the media, government, pulpits, and many other avenues? Likewise, wouldn’t you want to be able to distinguish the difference between what is true and what is false?

Deception

Deception is meant to fool you into thinking the lie is true. Moreover, anyone can be subject to deception. No one is immune. In fact, thinking you can’t be deceived, means you already are.

It’s easy to know you are being deceived by magicians. That is the whole point of the show. However, someone who is a master of deception can conceal the truth from you without you catching on.

Most of us have an internal lie detection radar that sends us a “something smells fishy” signal when we are being lied to. However, sometimes liars have ways of deceiving us, and the signs might not seem so apparent.

I enjoyed watching the TV show “Lie to Me” that aired on the Fox network from January 21, 2009, to January 31, 2011. In this crime drama Dr. Cal Lightman, played by Tim Roth was the world’s leading deception expert. He and his colleagues assisted in investigations by studying facial expressions and body language to expose the truth behind the lies.

I think it would be awesome to have his “superpower”. Then perhaps the people around the world would be able to understand that we have been fed a bunch of malarky by the many faces of evil surrounding us.

Well Documented Research

According to psychologist Robert Feldman from the University of Massachusetts, 60% of people lie during a typical 10-minute conversation. Moreover, they average two to three lies during that short timeframe.

Furthermore, Dr. Leanne ten Brinke at the Haas School of Business stated:

“While most of us have pretty good instincts when it comes to recognizing liars, we tend to talk ourselves out of believing (or, at least, acting on) what our instincts are telling us.”

However, Dr. Brink’s research points to objective, well-documented physiological and behavioral changes, or “tells”, that we can use to make accurate assessments of other people’s truthfulness. Below are nine signs to keep an eye out for.

Nine Tell Tail Signs of People Deceiving You

People often cover their mouths when lying.
- A hand on the mouth or even a touch of the lips shows you that they are lying because this unconscious body language represents a closing off of communication.
Liars provide too much detail.
- Liars hate silence, so they often try to fill it up by talking more than they need to. They provide much more information than was needed or asked for.
Repetition
- Liars also repeat phrases repeatedly as they struggle to buy time to gather their thoughts.
People who are lying prepare for an escape.
- In an unconscious attempt to find an escape route, people who are lying often angle their bodies toward the door if they’re sitting, and if they’re standing, they may even move closer to the door.
Their words and body language do not match.
- A clear sign that someone is lying to you is when their words are saying one thing and their body language is saying something entirely different.
  - For example, someone is telling you a sad story about the personal struggles that made them miss work, yet they’re smiling while they’re talking and their hand gestures and body posture are animated and excited.
People start breathing more heavily.
- People reflexively start breathing more heavily when they lie as lying causes changes to heart rate and blood flow. Sometimes liars will even have trouble speaking as the mucous membranes in the mouth dry out as part of the body’s response to lying.
There is change in their typical patterns of eye movement.
- Keep in mind that it’s not where a person is looking that matters, but a change in direction. A change in eye movement can be a very strong indicator of lying, but you must know the person’s typical pattern first. That makes this tactic more suitable to use with people you know well, or at least, interact with on a regular basis.
  - Some people, for instance, look up and to the right when they’re remembering information, but down when they’re lying. For other people, it’s the opposite.
  - However, there is one eye movement “tell” that’s pretty universal: people who are lying often look toward the door, their unconscious escape route.
Liars will often get aggressive for no apparent reason.
- Sometimes liars will become hostile and point aggressively in your direction. Other times liars will maintain excessive eye contact without blinking, in an abrasive attempt to appear truthful.
Liars fidget.
- Even practiced liars worry that you won’t believe them, so they release that nervous energy by playing with their hair, tapping their feet or fingers, pulling on their ears, and more.
- Shuffling the feet is a common expression of nervous energy associated with lying. The feet start moving because the liar feels vulnerable and the body wants to flee.

Here are 11 Other Signs To be Aware of…

Sustained eye contact
- Contrary to popular belief, avoiding eye contact does not make someone a liar. Lack of eye contact can mean that they are uncomfortable in social situations.
- On the other hand, deliberately holding eye contact while they speak to you in combination with any of these other signs, likely indicate that they are lying. By holding your gaze for a long time, the liar is attempting to fool you by proving that they are trustworthy.
Rate of blinking
- The rate of blinking is an indicator of being lied to. Either fast or very slow blinking can mean that the speaker is not telling the truth.
Qualifying Language
- There are a set of phrases that should immediately catch your attention, acknowledging that anything that follows is most likely untrue.
  - If they feel the need to begin with a statement like ‘If I’m being completely truthful…’ or ‘If I had to swear on my mother’s grave..’ then know that they are emphasizing their ‘honesty’ for a reason.
  - When someone is using language that implores you to believe them, for example saying, “To be totally honest with you,” “Seriously,” or “I swear to God,” they are using words to convince you to believe them.
Arms crossed over chest
- Body language with crossed arms indicated that the person is shielding themselves or concealing something. Since they know that they are lying, they are covering their chest to hide their heart. Unlike their mouth, their heart can’t lie.
Not using exception words
- Liars use fewer words that distinguish between what they did and did not do. These words include “Except,” “But,” “Nor,” and “Either.”
- They also use more negative emotion words like “hate,” “worthless,” and “sad” due to the guilt that they feel over lying to you.
Speech rate
- Speaking particularly faster or slower than usual can mean that the person is trying to get through the deception quickly or calm themselves down as they lie to you.
Backward Leaning
- When we are looking to create distance between ourselves and another individual we will either tilt our heads backward away from them or even our entire body, in an attempt to create distances between ourselves and people or situations that we dislike.
Clearing One’s Throat or Swallowing
- When one is lying, they often experience an increase of moisture in their throat as part of the fight or flight response. In order to deal with this additional moisture, they may respond by trying to clear their throat or hard and repetitive swallowing.
Rushed Conversation
- Rather than entertaining an open and honest conversation about a given topic, you notice that they are trying to move the conversation along quickly and change subjects. While they may simply be bored by the initial topic, an eagerness to end a conversation may mean that they are hiding something they don’t want to be discovered.
Failure to Recall Details
- Pay attention when someone is retelling a story or explaining a situation for the second or third time. Did the story change? Were specific details forgotten, or new details added to the story? If you notice that their story lacks consistency, then they may be struggling to keep their lies straight.
They Stand Incredibly Still
- We generally see the action of fidgeting as being nervous, and therefore a sign that someone may not be entirely truthful, however, most people don’t realize that standing incredibly still is also a red flag. Due to the natural ‘fight or flight’ response, a rigid, upright stance is a way of physically preparing for possible confrontation.

How to Determine if Corporate Entities or Groups are Lying

Follow the Money Trail
- The best way to determine if you are being lied to if always follow the money! Find out who it is funding whatever group; where is their money coming from; who will benefit the most from whatever lie is being perpetrated on the people, a state, a nation, or the world.
Conflicting: Studies, News, Science
- Whenever someone says that something is “controversial” someone is lying. Guaranteed. And maybe it’s not just one side, maybe it’s both sides. Each deliberately misrepresenting what the other side is attempting to say.
- If someone demands that “the science is settled”, that is a prime indicator that the science is NOT “settled.
You Aren’t Allowed to Disagree or Question
- From the movement someone in authority says or demands that you cannot question something, it is a lie, In some form. Period.
- Facts do not care if you question them. It’s only the lie that demands that you cannot question it.
Banned / Censored Information
- My first question is what are they hiding? What is it they don’t want us to see. Their plandemic conspiracy would crumble if you did your own research and looked at the actual facts and real truth. If someone doesn’t want you to know something, that is a prime indicator that you absolutely need to know it!

Lies and Deceit through Doublespeak

What is doublespeak? According to William Lutz, author of the book Doublespeak, it is a “language designed to evade responsibility”. He elaborates that Doublespeak can:

make the unpleasant appear pleasant,
the unattractive appear attractive
and is basically language designed to mislead, while pretending not to.

With this definition in mind, we can also state that Satan is also the father of doublespeak! More about that in another post…

The concept of Doublespeak actually stems from George Orwell’s famous 1984 book, from which the word Orwellian also originates from. Orwell, in another essay published in 1946 titled “Politics and the English Language” wrote that”

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind”.
George Orwell

Doublespeak occurs when words are used not to convey meaning, but to undermine it, corrupting the very ideas they refer to.

Examples of Doublespeak

According to yourdictionary.com, there are different types of doublespeak. Most doublespeak can be classified as a:

euphemism
gobbledygook
inflated language
jargon

Euphemisms

Euphemisms are a type of doublespeak that attempts to make certain situations seem more palatable. They are used to soften a blow rather than to hide the truth. They’re evasive, but not usually malicious. Calling someone’s home “quaint” can be a nice way of saying “small.” The speaker is being polite, but not purposefully distorting or evading some major truth. There are many examples of euphemism.

“alternative facts” instead of “lies” or “misinformation”
“good effort” instead of “that’s not right”
“ill-advised” instead of “a terrible idea”
“he’s not the best driver” instead of “he is a terrible driver”
“passed on” or “passed away” instead of “died” or “dead”
“person of interest” instead of a “suspect in a crime”
“what an interesting flavor” instead of “yuck, that is horrible”
“working on getting caught up” instead of “I’m behind with my work”

Inflated Language Doublespeak Examples

Sometimes referred to as puffery, inflated language uses over-the-top language to make things seem better than they are. A person who uses inflated language might be trying to impress others. Companies often use inflated language in marketing claims. Those who seek to influence public opinions tend to use extreme terminology in a way that’s not really accurate.

“amaze your friends with this incredible item” instead of “you might want to buy this item”
“best meal ever” instead of “really good food”
“concerned citizen dares to question authority” instead of “citizen raises a question at City Council meeting”
“if the price was any cheaper, it’d be free” instead of “it is affordably priced”
“new and improved” instead of “package redesign” or “changed an ingredient”
“once in a lifetime opportunity” instead of “a great opportunity”
“shabby chic” instead of “old and worn”
“the weight will just melt off” instead of “this weight loss remedy could help you lose weight”

Jargon

Jargon can be described as terminology commonly used in a particular occupation, industry, or another group. The terms are known and understood by group insiders but can represent doublespeak when used by others. There are many examples of jargon.

“collateral damage” instead of “multiple fatalities”
“detainee” instead of “prisoner of war”
“enhanced interrogation” instead of “torture”
“ethnic cleansing” instead of “genocide”
“extrajudicial killing” instead of “assassination”
“negative cash flow” instead of “spending more than you make”
“negative patient outcome” instead of “the patient died”
“pre-emptive strike” instead of “unprovoked attack”
“reducing costs” instead of “cutting salaries” or “cutting jobs”
“violent extremism” instead of “terrorism”

Gobbledygook

Gobbledygook involves speaking in a convoluted way that is so confusing as to be incomprehensible. It often pairs nonsense with information that would make sense on its own or combines other types of doublespeak with additional confusing or deceptive messages. Gobbledygook tends to include big words, many times used incorrectly, and long sentences that are difficult, if not impossible, to follow or understand.

“When the party in the first part provides the aforementioned goods to the party in the second part, such party shall acknowledge receipt of said item once the party of the first part hereby warrants its condition as suitable for transfer and in light of exchange of consideration.” instead of “I will sell you this item for X dollars.“
“Upon documentation of said patient’s symptoms and conducting an examination of her otolaryngological region, the ultimate diagnosis is a case of viral rhinitis.” instead of “The patient has a common cold.”
“The executive team is seeking to capitalize on the synergistic outgrowth of a dynamic brain dump in which there is a free exchange of thought leadership.” instead of “You’re invited to participate in a brainstorming session with the executive team.”
“The prognosticators seek to peer into the morrow for guidance regarding eventualities.” instead of “They’re making plans for the future.“
“When reflecting back over the intent of the founders of this long successful entity, it seems the fiscal duty of the officers is to maximize profit for those with a financial stake in the organization, for they are the ones with the most to lose or gain.” instead of “We’re going to stay focused on maximizing profit.“

Check Out the Liberal Doublespeak Jargon

We have become a nation whose politicians twist words into new meanings so they can lie in ways that sound truthful. Doublespeak has become a malignant art form, creating words that obscure or distort their actual meaning.

Both the left and right use the deceitful tactic, but the left is miles ahead, using doublespeak that reaches the far extremes of trickery. The left highjacks words to make its ideas more acceptable, in some cases inventing alluring descriptors that mean the opposite of what you think. Such as:

Affirmative Action — A leftist term that makes preferential treatment for a particular race or minority group sound positive and moral.
Crony Capitalism — A phrase used by the left to describe governmental favors to businesses, as if capitalism is the cause, when, in fact, favoritism is a hallmark of fascism and socialism.
Economically Disadvantaged Area – Euphemism for ghetto.
Enlarged Physical Condition – A nice way to describe someone who’s fat.
Ethnic Cuisine — Otherwise known as foreign food.
Fair Share — A liberal demand, requiring high-income earners to pay sky-high taxes to share their wealth with under-achievers, causing economist Thomas Sowell to ask, “What is your ‘fair share’ of what someone else has worked for?”
Gender Reassignment –– A sex change.
Hate Speech or Hateful Policies — Speech or policy that the left disagrees with and wants eliminated, but described in a way to make you believe such policies promote hate, when they are merely written by people the left hates.
Herstory — A deviation of the word “history,” used to describe a historical study of women’s affairs to offset the “male bias” of history.
Homophobia — The left’s description of people who disagree with the political positions of the LGBT community.
Murderer – A lumberjack.
One-Percenters — A derogatory, class-warfare term used by the left to describe the wealthiest strata of society.
Outdoorsman — The new leftist doublespeak for someone who used to be called a bum; later commonly referred to as “homeless person.”
Pathologically High-Spirited – A psycho.
Political Correctness — An edict dictating that the masses conform to the principles of the left or be punished for past opinions.
Rainforest — A jungle.
Social Justice — A leftist effort to create socialist laws that afford special treatment to the “victims” of inequities to ensure equal outcomes for all; the war against achievement, where excellence and success are unrewarded and people get punished for what their ancestors did.
Special Interests — Groups opposed to the interests of those contributing to leftists.
Substance Abuse — Liberal jargon for drug addiction.
Tax Scheme — What liberals call a tax cut proposed by conservatives.
Undocumented Immigrants – Otherwise known as illegal aliens.
Wealth Redistribution — A fair-sounding term for confiscating money from those who have it, so liberals can give it to those who weren’t that much poorer to begin with.
Wetlands – A swamp.
World Community — Also known as New World Order, such appealing phrases are used by leftists working toward establishing a utopist world of equal states controlled by the United Nations, so that the United States will be unable to achieve political dominance.
- “Community” used to mean your neighborhood; leftists now use it to mean government.

And There You Have It…

Hopefully, you now will have a better idea if someone is trying to decieve you. Moreover, please keep in mind that Satan is the Master Deceiver. More on that in future post.

Maranatha! Until next time, I am Passionately Loving Jesus, the Anchor of my Soul.

Maranatha! Until next time, I am Passionately Loving Jesus, the Anchor of my Soul.

Are You Being Deceived? How Would You Know?

Deception

Well Documented Research