RE: Is it better to lie to people in church?
November 19, 2011 at 1:36 pm
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2011 at 1:47 pm by AthiestAtheist.)
(November 19, 2011 at 11:58 am)Kayenneh Wrote: Meh, I don't think it matters if your Grandpa lied. Though I prefer to tell the truth, sometimes it is best to avoid unnecessary confrontation by telling a small lie. The woman was happy believing that you go to another church (and seeing that she believes many other more ridiculous things, I think this one can slip) and your Grandpa can go to his church in peace without being judged for having an atheist grandson.
Yeah, but not everybody who doesn't go to church is an atheist. I don't think avoiding embarrassment to himself was what he was trying to do. He tried to avoid confrontation, albeit poorly.
(November 19, 2011 at 11:48 am)Milky Tea Wrote: It would be yes because there are some situations where there is little benefit to inviting confrontation and this is one of them. As your story didn't include you correcting your Grandfather I can't help but think that you also recognised this.
Yes, but this was not a particularly good lie. If she asked "what church do you go to?" that would have made the conversation as badly as it possibly could. I would not have been able to answer that, and at that point I would have been very pissed at him for putting me in that situation like that. I have no problem with telling a white lie to avoid a situation, but only if it is a good lie. The situation could have been better avoided without lying. Saying "he's not into church" would have been a much better response. Sometimes the best lie, is the truth, as they say.
