Lie
@dayangsumbi2010 (1724)
Indonesia
January 31, 2011 7:52pm CST
How do you think about "White Lie", or lie for the good? Do you think that lying can become something that is justified and not "guilty" when used for good?
6 responses
@dayangsumbi2010 (1724)
• Indonesia
5 Feb 11
There are some who say that lying for the good, is just as bad, but I think it is an exception when it comes to one's salvation. Deceive evil is good.
@nakula2009 (2325)
• Indonesia
17 Feb 11
Could agree, or may not
Why? Depending on the lie itself, if it should be done for good, you do not have to say it BULShit, because you lie to goodness only knows for what and who benefits.
But if you really lie, and you say it for good, only you can say that it bulshit, ok!
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
4 Feb 11
Lying is a very tricky thing. The truth is a very tricky thing, because there are just so many things in life that considered to be the truth. Therefore, one's person's truth, might be another person's lie and one person's lie could be the truth for the other person. It is very tricky to really hammer out something like this and separate the truth from the lies.
Plus one small lie is told and perhaps there is no harm. However, could another lie be told to cover up the incident where the first lie is told? Eventually something has got to give. Something has got to slip eventually. It is a slippery slope from one thing to another, as more lies are told and you pull further away from the truth. Then again, there are times where we might have a selective version of the truth.
@neppot143 (9)
• Philippines
1 Feb 11
Yes i think, but still there is a guiltiness of that lies, but is not really heavy to be burden, because you know your reason was for good sake.
@kendedes2011 (2712)
• Indonesia
7 Feb 11
If the affairs of such a sin to lie, in my opinion is God's prerogative, but I believe that a lie that will bring good to all people, it will bring the reward effect.
Peace
@HsmomTN (5)
• United States
4 Feb 11
White lies are not really a problem in general. To keep "peace in the family" or with friends, we often tell them because the people who we are dealing with cannot handle the truth. But unfortunately, once you start to tell a lie, you have to remember that lie so you can make sure that anything else that you say goes along with it. It is sometimes better to tell the truth. It may cause hurt feelings, but overall, you will not be filled with guilt and the person will (hopefully), understand that the truth is better anyways.