Desire confused for truth

One matter that irritates me most is the dishonesty that comes when people confuse their desires with the truth. I know a lady who is on her second doctoral level course (she has just started her program). She wants the Ph.D. so badly that she has already signed her name and put Ed.D. following it. But it's not true. She goes around proudly saying, "research says thus and so," but when admonished to produce the research, she can't or doesn't. She doesn't know the research like a doctor would. She recently wanted a particular educational instrument to be purchased for her school district so badly that she sent an email to the powers that be stating that most schools in the US used this instrument. There are precious few pieces of curriculum that most schools in the USA implement, and this instrument is not one of the precious few pieces. Such a lie. It's hard for me to tolerate the above actions and other ones on their own merits, much less when they come from the lips of someone who has the same religious roots I do and still espouses Christian tenets. I would think honesty should be near the top of the list for such a Christian. I have to take action next week because I can no longer understand nor stand for dishonest behavior. I eschew in the most vehement terms expressible the deception of this person who confuses desire with truth. I will take this action next week in the clearest of conscience. I have seen this person's fruit. It doesn't pass muster.

Matthew 7
The Tree and Its Fruit
15"Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are really wolves that will tear you apart. 16You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You don't pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles. 17A healthy tree produces good fruit, and an unhealthy tree produces bad fruit. 18A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit. 19So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. 20Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is by the kind of fruit that is produced.
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