The main issue is that the human race has learned to complicate everything. When we complicate reality, it becomes easier to confuse and deceive people.

What I have learned is that evil tells no lies—evil uses complicated truths to confuse and deceive people.

Take video games as an example. When Nintendo first came out, games were much simpler. The controllers had just two buttons: A and B.

Compare that to now, where games are far more complex and harder to play.

We live in a time where culture itself is confusing and full of variables.

To teach morality effectively, we need extremely simple ideas that people can quickly understand and apply.

We need to ask ourselves: If we want people to follow Christ, what exactly are we teaching them? Are we teaching something subjective that can be interpreted in countless ways?

Or are we teaching something clear and actionable, something they can practice tomorrow?

Everything comes down to communication. If someone isn’t following what we teach as we expected, maybe it’s because we’re not motivating or communicating it effectively.