Okay, so this isn't based on anything in particular. Seriously. I tend to evade questions that I don't want to answer. I don't tend to lie. But that's totally irrelevant.
The point is, is there a good time to lie? I mean, if your life's in danger, that would seem like a good time to lie. But is it?
Is it okay to lie when telling the truth is going to hurt someone's feelings?
Is there such a thing as a "white lie," or is it al the same?
If it is okay to tell a lie, what are the conditions?
Not terribly practical for any immediate problem, but it is an important question. Or rather, series of questions. And, mainly, I don't want Laura to hurt me. :)
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Jesus, in the sermon on the mount, teaches us not to swear. He is not forbidding the use of certain words, but the use of certain phrases to prove the truthfulness of what we have said. If I wanted to impress someone with the seriousness of my claim I might swear something is true "by the throne of God in heaven."
Jesus says, "Do not swear . . . but simply let your yes be yes and your no , no." What he is driving at is not the legalistic abolishment of certain phrases from our vocabulary, but the creation of a certain kind of person. He wants us to be the kind of people whose words are true on their own without the help of any pious (or impious) embellishment.
Are there situations where it's okay to lie? I don't know. I have to ask myself what kind of a person am I becoming by the words I am saying. Do I have to add words to words in order to be believed, or am I the person whose word can be trusted all by it's naked unadorned lonesome.
~H
I think it's just fine to lie under certain circumstances. Oh wait, I don't think that; that would be terrible. Oh yes, I do too think that. But maybe I'm lying. Hmmm....... :)
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