(August 2, 2018 at 9:53 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: And by lying, I assume we don't mean spreading opinions that they really believe are true, but are just factually incorrect .Being wrong isn't the same thing as lying. It's the actual lies, deceptions like concealing the particulars of a 'Good News Club' at a public school so parents won't have an issue signing their child's permission slip, pretending to befriend someone when all you want from them is conversion, and keeping you mouth shut when you hear your minister say something you know is misleading (maybe because you were reading along in your Bible and read the verse after the one where he stopped). Then there's the big one: pious fraud. You know there's a leak that's causing the statue of Mary to seem to cry, but you worry it might hurt people's faith if you point out that it isn't miraculous weeping.
If your religion is true, and you know it's true, your instinct ought to be to never lie, particularly when it comes to religious matters.
Or worse, when someone points out that the tears (or water from the feet, IIRC) are actually sewage from a nearby restroom and people try to kill him instead of looking for the facts.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
