The Lie

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At least, that’s what Kayla tells her dad Jay (Peter Sarsgaard), who had been driving Kayla and Brittany to a dance competition and pulled over to the side of the road so Brittany could pee in the woods. They don’t find a body, but it’s assumed Brittany is dead. Now it’s up to Jay and Kayla’s mother Rebecca (Mireille Enos) to cover up the murder and protect Kayla from going to prison. But when Brittany’s dad Sam (Cas Anvar)—a man with a short temper who may or may not abuse his daughter—starts asking questions, things get complicated.Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Lynch/Oz’ on Criterion Channel, a Film-Study Documentary Digging Deep Into David Lynch's Influences When Daniel disturbs a toad in the garden, he looks into its eyes and observes: “They are hooded and ancient. They are the kind of eyes that believe in nothing but what they see in front of them, and maybe not always that” (p. 32). Does Daniel look at the world with a toad’s eyes? How has the war affected his ability to believe what he sees? In relation to this, consider Daniel’s avoidance of crowds and his feeling that “every creature is in disguise. Their skin is a veil to hide the intestines and the raw, slimy flesh within” (p. 33). Rated 1 star for fear-mongering, conspiracy theorizing, repetitiveness, naivete, and disturbing authoritarian overtones.

Taken as a whole The Lie fails to make a coherent, logical argument. The book opens with a rambling tirade on the growing evils of society where the author would have us believe that all of these growing evils stem from a single cause - the scientific theory of evolution, the supposed root of all evil. Following this is more rambling on about how true Christianity and the Bible are. This is a given we are supposed to take for granted without any proof. Around and around we are led in the same loops of absurd illogic. There is a term for people who reason and argue like this - cranks. (Cranks always want to oversimplify things down to a singular evil that threatens society which can be defeated with a silver-bullet solution. For prohibitionists booze was the singular evil destroying society, for Scientologists psychology is the one, true evil, for the Cold Warriors, it was Communism, etc., etc.)

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Pain Hustlers’ on Netflix, a 'Comedy' About the Opioid Epidemic That Emily Blunt Can't Salvage What could possibly happen to threaten Jane's happy and contented life. Lies have a way of catching up when we least expect it and Jane's entire life is based on a lie. Jane was once known as Emily but someone out there knows her secret. At the end of all this, I don't feel convinced one way or the other on the case, but I suppose that what constitutes a real-life mystery. Ken Ham once again takes the lead in pointing out the looming precipice too many church leaders are rushing towards: a denial of the full authority and accuracy of the Bible from its very first verse.

The Lie combines two story lines, one in the present and one that happened 5 years ago, both story lines are linked by one person: Jane Hughes. Of the four friends, I only really liked the main character Jane/Emma. The others were various levels of horrible. And I love reading about dysfunctional characters so I thoroughly enjoyed the nastiness. Just call me crazy but I love a well-developed bad girl (disclaimer...in my books not in real life!). And this gang met my definition for thoroughly unpleasant. Plus through effective character development we get good insight as to why they were that way. This book was an eye opener for me. I have struggled with the idea of Evolution/Millions of years. Since I became a Christian about 12 years ago and began to understand that what the Bible said was the truth and what I learned in school about evolution was a lie. I knew that we weren't from Apes and when I would question my science teachers they never had a response. I used to just shake my head and say okay.The information presented in this first-hand account seemingly aligns with what the docuseries revealed, though this contains some pieces of evidence and additional detail that the Netflix special did not cover.