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Lie is to intentionally make a false statement to mislead someone. Lie would be about our intentions, not about how we classify our senteces.

Truth is only an observation of certain person. There is no such thing as an absolute truth, thuis there is no such thing as an absolute lie either.

Lie is, then, telling someone something different from what YOU believe is true, not necesseraly what IS true, as such thing is subjective.

Lying is not necesseraly there to decieve in a sinsiter way - people lie to protect themselves, to protect others, as well as to use.

yup...lying is untruth

Pretty much you've answer your own question storm. In it's simplest form a lie is nothing more than a deception trying to mislead another person. You can't have a liar without lies.

Originally posted by WindDancer
Pretty much you've answer your own question storm. In it's simplest form a lie is nothing more than a deception trying to mislead another person. You can't have a liar without lies. but if a liar admits to lying, then he's telling the truth.

This.

Work that one out.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Lying is not necesseraly there to decieve in a sinsiter way - people lie to protect themselves, to protect others, as well as to use.
Bush is lieing for your own good..

Originally posted by Clovie
not-truth


A lie~ The opposite of truth. It's as simple and as complicated as that!

OK then, what's difference between a white lie and a lie?

Is one better for the other....

And during WWII when Jews were hiding in some houses that were Christian....and were interrogated....The Christians lied that there were no Jews in the house, when infact there were....Can a lie be a good thing?

Originally posted by debbiejo
The Christians lied that there were no Jews in the house, when infact there were....Can a lie be a good thing?

No, they should have told the Germans!

So they could kill them!

Of course it can, you nut. Talk about rhetorical question.

If you go by scripture, then it's ANY non truth....Therefore evil, and breaking one of the big 10.....but as was pointed out it is subjective.....as Lil B stated...

So, out of curiosity are there good lies?

Originally posted by debbiejo
If you go by scripture, then it's ANY non truth

I don't.



Originally posted by debbiejo

So, out of curiosity are there good lies?

Yes.

This was a very perceptive post.

There can be good and bad lies. Like when you are hiding a present for someone, that would be an example of a good lie. If you tell someone you love them and are really in love with someone else, now that would be a bad lie. Both are forms of deception, but it just depends on the way you use it.

Well at the end of the day a lie is what you make of it..........but I believe the point to be is if you make a point to go out of your way to decieve someone for your own gain (money, politics, information) then you are creating a lie............the levels of this are huge so of course this isn't absolute.

Originally posted by Spelljammer
Bush is lieing for your own good..

Well the good thing is, I dont live in the Bush land - so he is lying to YOU, not to me.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Well the good thing is, I dont live in the Bush land - so he is lying to YOU, not to me.


The Bush is so big he affects world policy so in effect he could.......

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Truth is only an observation of certain person. There is no such thing as an absolute truth, thuis there is no such thing as an absolute lie either.

Lie is, then, telling someone something different from what YOU believe is true, not necesseraly what IS true, as such thing is subjective.

Lying is not necesseraly there to decieve in a sinsiter way - people lie to protect themselves, to protect others, as well as to use.

I disagree, I very much believe there is an absolute truth...the problem is we can never be sure to know it.....a lie now is to knowingly say something that one believes to not be the truth (usually to mislead another person)

A lie is purposely giving someone false information in hopes of misleading or deceiving them.

A lie is blue and only happens on Tuesday.

A lie is telling a piece of information you know is not true but providing the information to someone as a truth.

Nothing is true, Everything is permitted.

Assassin's Creed really introduced college kids and wannabe philosophes to a new round of pretentiousness.

It is when you are not telling the truth and it is also consider a sin.

Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
It is when you are not telling the truth and it is also consider a sin.

Ah, but isn't a sufficient definition. It's possible to say something that isn't true without lying, you can be misinformed or simply wrong.

or sarcasm if you aren't trying to decieve the other person

I am telling the truth it is consider a sin and when I was younger I would get a bar of soap in my mouth for lieing or cussing.

Should you lie to someone in order to protect them?
I mean would that be bad if you were protecting them from getting hurt or would that still be lying?

A lie is being deceptive to someone. And not in some funny way.

Originally posted by debbiejo
If you go by scripture, then it's ANY non truth....Therefore evil, and breaking one of the big 10.....but as was pointed out it is subjective.....as Lil B stated...

So, out of curiosity are there good lies? If a burn victim asks you "How do I look today?" and your opinion is that they look monstrous at all times, it might be considered positive to conceal your true feelings and tell them, " You look very nice today!".

Originally posted by Deja~vu
A lie is being deceptive to someone. And not in some funny way. Yes there are. Truth is not only horrible, but it's for the weak and those lackign imagination.

Well, the question was "What is a lie" and to me it is being deceptive. Also, I know the truth can sound horrible, and you have to be very tactful when telling it.

what is a lie? Thats a riddle,, boy!

reverse psychology???