I don't know if there a better argument in the book for why you shouldn't lie but the one mentioned in the article in kinda weak.<p>> against lying? The answer: a simple egalitarianism. You can’t see any reason why you are special, why you are different from all the rest of mankind.<p>This wouldn't convince people not to lie. In fact I'd say most people find themselves special in some matter if only for the fact that they get to experience their own life constantly while merely knowing about other people's life even when interacting with them.
being truthful is often a privilege of the powerful<p>in an unjust world deceit maybe the only thing that saves you<p>see the incarnation of folks for weed, that’s no longer illegal.<p>generally it’s very negative to be found out a liar, which is why people tend to at least try to be honest.<p>the one curse / beauty of liars is they lie and they can’t stop so it’s only matter of time u til you find out
Lying has been a source of controversy for Christians since the beginning. The Old Testament recounts at least two instances of righteous Gentiles: women who lied for the sake of Israel. The Egyptian midwives save the Hebrews' male progeny from death, and Rahab the harlot hides spies in the heart of Jericho. It's unambiguous that God deals kindly with them, and Rahab becomes an ancestor of Jesus.<p>The most frequently cited technique is that of mental reservation. If Nazis knock on your door and ask, "Are there any Jews here?" you can stand in your foyer and say "There are no Jews here." because "here" means the foyer, not your attic or closet.<p>Fast-forward to the present day. The Catechism of the Catholic Church revised a few paragraphs on lying: #2483 and #2508. While this doesn't constitute a change in teaching or doctrine, it makes the present stance stricter and less permissive, as well as obscuring the controversial history of the thing, and now we're unable to reconcile the OT pericopes with what the Catechism says.<p><a href="https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=220" rel="nofollow">https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?rec...</a>