IS A VIEWING NECESSARY?

IS A VIEWING NECESSARY?


Most people have heard the old saying “seeing is believing”… but many people have also lived through a life experience which gave them a deep, emotional understanding of this simple phrase.

Did you ever need to see to believe?

Consider what happens when a parent receives a call from their child’s school saying their child has been hurt in the schoolyard. They’re told that the child is ok, but still, they’ll spend the rest of their work day counting the minutes… waiting to see their child… because seeing is believing.

Consider what happened to American society when the planes flew into the twin towers on Sept 11th, 2001. Within minutes of hearing the news, televisions across the country were turned on as people watched the videos repeatedly. They have estimated that over 90% of Americans saw the videos on the first day. Many people had the TV on all day, watching the videos repeatedly, trying to grasp the magnitude of the moment, trying to come to grips with the trauma… because seeing is believing.

Why do we need to see?