Personally, I don't agree with lying, and I can look at life, and tell myself that I don't lie very often. I wont say that I've never lied, or never will, I just don't lie that often. I think in most ways lying is really bad. But on the other hand, lying can work to our advantage. By this I mean that I we can get ourselves out of harmful situations, for example if a group you're with want's to do something illegal, and you don't want to you could lie, and tell your friends that you're parents are making you go home or something along those lines. I think that that's an okay lie, but i think people take advantage of lying and use it in the wrong way. Lying in a bad way is not okay. I mean look how bad it's gotten in areas of life? Divorce, Hate, Crime, It's all somewhere based around lying. And not in a good way. This is just my take on lying. And even though at times where I do get caught in a lie around my parents, I don't regret the punishment because it's teaching me something and if you do lie in the real world, you're not gonna have a months work of chores and then you're off the hook, it could get you a whole lot worse.
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Lauren
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I think lying is one way people survive this crazy life of theres because it hides things you don't want to hear or know. Its not always the right thing to do but for example you have an embarrassing past or something you don't want people to know so you lie to them about it or you just don't tell them.I think not telling someone is not lying to them. But yeah everyone lies it just happens i do but try not to but its also something you learn from too. So in some sence lie but make it a good lie thats not going to hurt anyone or hopefully be figured out but if not i see no point in lying..
ReplyDeleteI can understand your view, In some ways it seems like a perfect balance of both choices. But I was wondering if you think, you automatically owe the truth to everyone, or does truth need to be earned?
ReplyDeleteI think we owe it to ourselves to tell the truth to others. That's why I tend to think that your example of lying to friends who want you to do something illegal, Lauren, is understandable, but still not the best thing to do. Because if you lie about it, you lose some of yourself and some of the basis for friendship. The truth may be harder to deal with, and you may have to work to make people undertand where you're coming from, but I think it was benefits in the long run that outweigh the immediate ease of lying.
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