Have you noticed that most times we say “I was just kidding”, this is always preceded by a lie? You don’t think so? Look at the following examples.
Dave told his teacher, “Sir, I forgot to do my homework”, the teacher started out in rage, then he said, “I was just kidding”.
A husband promised to give his wife a hand while preparing dinner for them when it was time to cook, the wife called to the husband whose response was, “Do you really think that I was serious, I was just kidding”.
And what our popular first of April, the April fool 😀 We definitely don’t mean any harm, it’s just for the fun of it.
Dave in his defence distinguished joke from a lie, a joke is a lie told in order to create amusement with the intention of revealing the truth in the end while a lie is to deceive with no intention of letting the truth be known.
The legendary Barney Stinson defined lie as a great story that someone ruined by the truth.
Truth be told, lies can be a great saviour out of a tight and compromising situation. While talking with a friend recently, she recounted how lying about her location or what she’s doing has saved her from the fangs to lurking guys with boiling testosterone.
Sometimes, lying just seems to be the best option, especially because the truth is told can be taken lightly, or telling the truth sometimes is just painstaking.
Knowing all the bible said about a lie, a popular one being “all liars shall go to hell“, a quotation from Rev 21:8, “…all liars–they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.”
How do we draw the line? Or is there any common line between jokes, lie to escape and lie to deceive?
Do we speak the truth regardless of the repercussion? Do we lie with the mind of asking for forgiveness after? (a post on that is coming soon). Are there situations where telling a lie is justified???
Contribute, let us reason on this together. Present your argument with your reasons. People like me that have been caught in this web of confusion needs to read your comment. Please don’t ignore.
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Great one.
I’ve had those times when I’ve lied or even told an incomplete truth so as not to anger or agitate the listener. There are ‘lies’ that are bound to happen like When Abraham said Sarah was his sister. And God confronted the king (paraphrased) instead. Genesis 20:1-5. Need help in understanding that picture more.
Hello, for me dere were times I jst lie bout my location cuz I dnt want to see the person cuz of one thing or the other, but of recent have been bad at lying, cuz I decided to tell myself the truth most times which helps me a lot and from then I found it difficult sometimes to lie to someone, I jst tell dem why and in a better way, ….read somewhere dat sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same,….so telling the truth helps d other person understand why and let you be, like d lady dat lies to guys jst so dat to escape somethings…. I say tell dem why and get dem off your back or make them understand, dey can change from there….who knows… not to say too much….i think this is good enough…..
I don’t think any lie is bound to happen,most times when we lie,we do it out of fear or we don’t want to hurt/offend the other person or because we want to justify ourselves by presenting what happened earlier in a way that will look reasonable to the person or make the other have pity on us and if at all there will be any punishment,it will be minimial.
Often times when we lie,all we think about is that moment by looking for a way to cover up,forgetting what might happen after the lie,just like the case of Abraham that was cited,despite the fact that God had made a covenant with Abraham earlier in that book that “Sarah shall bear unto him a son at the set time in the next year”, and he also knew that there was high possibility that the king would go in to his wife,he still lied without having that promise in mind because he feared for his life to be taken.If not because God is just and wouldn’t slay an innocent man and he also withheld him from touching her,he could have been the cause of the total wipe out of a whole nation and that promise upon his life might be forfeited,just because he lied.
We all,at one time or the other might have lied or probably say what we call a “white lie”(harmless lie) but seriously a lie is a lie and I think its best we try as much as possibe to avoid doing things that will make us lie or better say the truth(because at times,we just find ourselves in such situations,if possible,don’t add a little lie to make it look more convincing).
The fact is,telling lies to cover up or escape from a situation and telling the truth forms an habit in us consciously or unconsciously because you need a lie to cover up a lie but when you say the truth,you don’t have to stress yourself thinking of what next to say even if you were asked the same question over again.
Jokes or just kidding are meant to bring amusement or rather, are ways of teasing someone with a lie after which the truth “should” be revealed,but there are times when we don’t have the mind of joking with the other but because of the way the person reacted to the truth or lie told,we just say “Common,it was only a joke”(which ends up as a lie afterall). Majority are guilty of this (myself inclusive),I pray God help us to always speak the truth at all times because indeed he despises a lying tongue.Thanks.
Well truthfully lies are easier n more fun cos saying otherwise will b a lie in itself, there r some lies that hurt d third party n some dont those r d ones said jst for d fun of it but then we c dat in most cases wen we live right d less prone we are to telling lies. Some lies r really not necessary (nt like any is) bt if not checked d little lies will kill ur truthful life.
Yh little Little Foxes spoil d vine. N d above anonymous was me as well no lies 😀