(August 1, 2018 at 11:43 pm)sdelsolray Wrote: Lying requires real time awareness of the falsity of the provided statement.
Many Christians are not lying. They are simply repeating the religious dogma and indoctrination of which they were infected.
I wonder about this.
For instance, how can they possibly believe the "America is a Christian Nation" crap when you show them that the Constitution is a completely secular document which only even mentions religion in an exclusionary way?
How can they possibly believe American law is based on the Ten Commandments when you can show them that the first 4 commandments are in direct conflict with the First Amendment and that the only two which are mirrored in American Law (don't kill and don't steal) are also mirrored in the law of every other society ever established (including those embracing different gods) because they are so obvious?
When does willful ignorance become a lie? When does non-willful ignorance become a lie?
Maybe this is better as a philosophical question.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
