Alan Godwin
@alangodwin52.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Grandfather, Jesus Follower, Psychologist, DTS, Author, Professor, National Speaker, peopleproblems.org, Nashville, TN
America is becoming less humble & more arrogant, less reflective of traditional morality & more reflective of empire cruelty, less free & more oppressive, less governed by law & more governed by a tyrant’s whims, less committed to truth & more committed to convenient falsehoods.
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
America is becoming less humble & more arrogant, less reflective of traditional morality & more reflective of empire cruelty, less free & more oppressive, less governed by law & more governed by a tyrant’s whims, less committed to truth & more committed to convenient falsehoods.
The MAGA MO: Truth is not important. It’s our ability to propagate a story that sounds like truth that’s important, along with convincing ourselves the story is true.
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The MAGA MO: Truth is not important. It’s our ability to propagate a story that sounds like truth that’s important, along with convincing ourselves the story is true.
Trump has no willingness to own a fault, admit an error or acknowledge wrongness about anything. When errors are pointed out, he simply doubles down on his rightness and denigrates the accuser. Like a trapped animal, he’s becoming increasingly vengeful, deranged and vicious.
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Trump has no willingness to own a fault, admit an error or acknowledge wrongness about anything. When errors are pointed out, he simply doubles down on his rightness and denigrates the accuser. Like a trapped animal, he’s becoming increasingly vengeful, deranged and vicious.
If Trump were to experience an episode of florid psychosis characterized by paranoid delusions, disorganized thought and speech, and an inability to distinguish between reality and perception, how would we know?
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If Trump were to experience an episode of florid psychosis characterized by paranoid delusions, disorganized thought and speech, and an inability to distinguish between reality and perception, how would we know?
The Trumpian Way: If actual reality is not the one you like, just speak the one you do like into existence, pretend it’s true, never let it go, and trash anyone who questions it.
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Trumpian Way: If actual reality is not the one you like, just speak the one you do like into existence, pretend it’s true, never let it go, and trash anyone who questions it.
The surest way to reduce Christianity’s influence is to demand that non-followers follow its principles. The percentage of those identifying as Christian in America has dropped from 78% in 2007 to 62% in 2024. Perhaps Christians should model their faith more and coerce less.
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The surest way to reduce Christianity’s influence is to demand that non-followers follow its principles. The percentage of those identifying as Christian in America has dropped from 78% in 2007 to 62% in 2024. Perhaps Christians should model their faith more and coerce less.
For Trump, the color of the sky is whatever he says it is…today. If you say it’s blue on the day he says it’s green, he’ll unmercifully trash you as a colorblind liar. And he’ll do the same thing the next day when he says it’s orange.
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
For Trump, the color of the sky is whatever he says it is…today. If you say it’s blue on the day he says it’s green, he’ll unmercifully trash you as a colorblind liar. And he’ll do the same thing the next day when he says it’s orange.
Here's my latest podcast interview with Matt Lewis where we discuss my new book, Ties That Blind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2B...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2B...
Why People Believe Lies: Psychologist Exposes the Manipulator Playbook
YouTube video by Matt Lewis & The News
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November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Here's my latest podcast interview with Matt Lewis where we discuss my new book, Ties That Blind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2B...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2B...
Which is worse? The liar who lies or those choosing to believe whatever he says. I’d say it’s the latter group because the more outrageous the lies, the more his believers must contort themselves to keep on believing.
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Which is worse? The liar who lies or those choosing to believe whatever he says. I’d say it’s the latter group because the more outrageous the lies, the more his believers must contort themselves to keep on believing.
Those in Trump’s orbit are obligated pretend, not only that he is normal, but that he is America’s greatest president ever, accomplishing what none thought possible. All who refuse to do so are cast as lying, far-left radicals who hate America. Such pretending rots one’s soul.
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Those in Trump’s orbit are obligated pretend, not only that he is normal, but that he is America’s greatest president ever, accomplishing what none thought possible. All who refuse to do so are cast as lying, far-left radicals who hate America. Such pretending rots one’s soul.
Effective liars know that since 85% of communication is facial expression and tone of voice with only 15% being attributable to words, they can convince people of their falsehoods while looking and sounding like they’re telling the truth.
November 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Effective liars know that since 85% of communication is facial expression and tone of voice with only 15% being attributable to words, they can convince people of their falsehoods while looking and sounding like they’re telling the truth.
Here is the YouTube version of my appearance on Melvin E. Edwards' excellent podcast, Stories from Real Life, that aired earlier this week.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lglm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lglm...
How False Stories Keep Us Comfortable — and Trapped
YouTube video by Stories from Real Life Podcast
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Here is the YouTube version of my appearance on Melvin E. Edwards' excellent podcast, Stories from Real Life, that aired earlier this week.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lglm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lglm...
