Telling lie is a sin. Can any one live without saying a single lie

Yes people do make excuses for their lies, and we all do it every now and then. I here people say that they lie to make people feel better, they do not want to hurt their feelings. WHY....... Example: When i was learning to cook i made something that my husband thought was terrible, he told me right out that it was terrible. My feelings got hurt. He could have lied and said it was good but why if he had lied i would have felt good, but then i would not have known he did not like it, and i would never have improved on it. If you tell lies just to make some one feel good, or just because you do not want to hurt their feelings. you are not helping that person. All you are doing is helping your self feel better for not having to hurt their feelings. Some people say they lie to protect someone WHY...It is just a excuse. My daughter was hiding at my house from her husband that was abusing her, and he was after her she did not want him to know where she was. When he came around, looking for her i could have very easily lied and said that i have not seen her WHY What i did do is say she was here but he was not going to see her, that he was to stay away, and if he didn't i would call the police. Lying to protect someone is just a excuse to take the easy way out. I have lived on this earth for a lot of years now, and have told my fair share of lies, and making excuses for my lies just like everyone else has. But i have learned from it and i do not do it anymore. The way i feel about it is GOD said thou shalt not Lie. He did not say you could make excuses for them. He did not say to protect someone with them. He did not say make someone feel good with them. HE said Thou shalt not lie. Simple and to the point. and if people would stop and think about what they were doing, and stop making excuses for them selves, may be this world would be just a little bit better place to live. Honesty is the best policy,

I think the person who said telling lie is a sin wrote that because he was confident that nobody would ever go to heaven, so he was just preparing the grounds on which they would be rejected once they reached the heaven's door. Kidding. I dont think there is anybody who could do that. Everybody lies in some way or the other. Sometimes, we have to tell little white lies to escape from a problem, at other times we tell such lies to avoid hurting people. Suppose a fat person asked u, am I looking fat? Would u find it easy to say yes. Instead u try to word it cleverly, no - u looked fat in the dress u wore yesterday, (as if weight could be lost in a day - ha). The lie does not really harm anybody, but it prevents hurt. If we hurt another person, we again sin. So choice is between telling a small white lie, or hurting a person. Heads I win, tails u lose situation. I'd prefer to tell a white lie.

Telling lie is a sin is right. But i think the problem is on how big is the sin. If you are telling a lie for helping other people getting better, perhaps it's not really a sin because the disadvantage of the sin is lower than the advantage. Perhaps it also has no disadvantage in actually meaning. Although we all know that lie is bad and a sin, but i believe that everyone hear minumum one lie in a day. Or maybe everyone make minumum a lie in a day. I don't know why people can easily lying but the fact is there's so much lies around us. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.

Hello a very nice question Theoretically telling a lie is considered to be a sin. But in my belief if I tell a lie to save someone's life or honour, it will be more true than the truth itself. In case someone chasing a person foe the purposing doing harm and that person takes asylum with you. If the chaseraskes about the whereabouts of the one being chased , there is nothing wrong to tell a lie to save the person, more so if it happens to be a lady. Happy mylotting

I ndont see it as matter of "sin". It's just a human aspect that can be a flaw or not. Kant would hate me for saying that, but lies don't have any moral value inherent. To lie is not an end, but a mean to achieve something. It'll all depend on that something. I'd lie to protect my gilfriend or my parents and I think that, if there was a God, he wouldn't punish me for that.

Well first off, a lie is only considered a sin if you're a part of a religion that uses similar terminology. On a basic level, most people do find lies to be morally wrong. Obviously many lies are wrong however the problem with small white lies is that that means that there is lack of trust and ability to have open communication between two people. It might also mean that the person who is doing the white lie simply lacks the tact of being honest but not so blunt where it hurts.

ehhe..i think that may be some people exists that they never told a lie in thei life but i think they are really a few especially related to those one will say to others daily or really often!! I think that if somebody excuses from thei lies is natural but i don't know about other meanings deriving from it!!

Hey, Yes that is very true, but I don't really think that many people can live without telling a single lie. I actually think that no one who has lived on this earth has never lied. That is what I think at least. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!

A lie is always taken as a lie by everyone,no matter how he/she explains the reason is that's a lie then no alternative is preferred by anyone.Lies nowadays have been a part of most of our life's,but there are people who almost tries with a true heart, to no to say a lie.A lie that can give a person relief can be not a sin,i don't say that making the person believe i that, lie but at instances if truth give extra pains then act accordingly with a lie other wise lies are not under any good list.

I think that in the right situation that it is okay to lie. Personally if i had someone run up to me saying this person is trying to hurt me and needed me to lie and say the went another direction or something. You can bet your bottom dollar I'd lie my butt off, cause the odds are, there is no time to call the police and its not very like I'm going to be able to take the person chasing the one who asked for help down. When it comes to answering someone who asks if they look fat....I might say you look fine....which isn't a lie. Cause the odds are they do look just fine. I just don't want to comment on their weight lol Or say your throwing a surprise party for someone and they ask you to something on the day your throwing it or they ask you what you've been up to.....Do you ruin the whole thing by telling them truth? Heck no, you lie your butt off and be like...erm no got to do this or this, or you say you haven't been up to anything, ect. And for the guy who is going off on the whole religious aspect...the bible said god forgives if you ask and I seriously doubt he's going to hold a white lie against you when you get to the pearly gates. If he does, then he's def not a god i want to know 0.o

"lies that lie told for someones benefit is not a sin" maybe called "white lie". i often heard about this, and i agree about that. i know that being honest is the best, but im such a person that so worry about hurting people. so i prefer to do white lie, than tell a hurt-fact.