Do you not lie because you are a christian or because if you lie they seem to come back on you? Mine is the last and the guilty feelings I haved for lying.
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I don't lie because I respect the rule of "do not lie". If I lie, though it may serve temporary purposes, it is a form of social littering. "What if everyone did it?" is the phrase often used against littering, but there is a deeper point. The act of a singular defiance of a useful social rule both creates a small amount of distrust in it, and also gives acceptance for everyone who chooses to act in that way. If one person litters, they are both creating a mess and telling everyone else that I believe that they are not bound by the "no littering" rule. Telling the truth is useful because it maintains a standard in which other people will tell me the truth. If I lie, I am more likely to be lied to. If I lie enough, it will no longer be presume that I am telling the truth, and even the act of lying will lose its usefulness. Simply put, I want to be both believed and told the truth, so I make a habit of telling the truth myself. Isn't it neat how even a non-Christian can have genuine social good on his mind combined with self service?
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I do not lie because I don't like . I don't want to carry a basket of sin with me. It is my passion to deal with truth. Whatever the religion is one should have certain good principles of life to feel proud on our deeds.
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My experience is that the vast preponderance of people who say they don't lie are lying when they say that.
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