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What Is Lying? by Lady2(f): 10:48pm On Aug 16, 2008 |
So I was having a conversation with Mr. Olabowale and this is what he told me. He said: "In the Quran if you are about to die and they ask you if you are a muslims, and you are afraid of death, then yu can tell them that you are not a muslim" I told him that was lying and asked "doesn't the Quran consider lying a sin?" He said that lying is a sin, but his statement above is not lying. I asked him to give me a definiton of lying, he kept beating around the bush with it, so I still didn't get an answer. I told him that the untruth or whatever is not the truth or saying that you are not something that you are is lying. I told him even a 3 year old would tell you that when you don't tell the truth you are lying. He said that because I am young and only speaking from my experiences in life that I lack understanding. But I want to know what is the misunderstanding in "if you don't tell the truth, you are lying" But anyway. I thought I was going crazy or something. So I won't ask a religious person this, I will ask an atheist this: What is the definition of lying, and would the above statement by Mr. Olabowale be 'lying'? I would appreciate an answer from an atheist since they are quite neutral about it. Thanks. |
Re: What Is Lying? by AKO1(m): 10:54pm On Aug 16, 2008 |
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lie lie 2 (l) n. 1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. Q[/b]uite [b]E[/b]asily [b]Done |
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