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are white lies acceptable for you?
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 08:04 AM
White lies are perfectly acceptable. When my grandfather was on his deathbed a few weeks ago, our final conversation consisted of him saying, "I think I'll get better with the love and help you guys give me." We both knew it wasn't true. He was gonna die. But hey, I wasn't gonna flat-out say, "No, that's not gonna happen. You're going to die." Instead I lied to him. He knew I lied to him. He lied to me as well. But we found comfort in it. So, the Christians and truth-lovers who think badly of people who commit such act or "sin" like that... they can just go shove their judgment up their ass.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 09:07 AM
For the vast majority of cases, I would simply say no lying is the best course of action. But in some circumstances, perhaps it helps everyone involved if a little pathetic lie is told, in order to spare feelings. Now, it could lead to distrust in relationships with people. That's true, but only if you are discovered. And it's not much of a relationship if you can't talk it over and both get over the incident, is it?
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Posted 25 February 2008 - 04:58 AM
White lies are essential to the workings of both personal relationships and society as a whole. In personal relationships, telling a girl she does in fact look fat when she asks "do I look fat" will cause extreme backlash. Likewise, Politicans have to gloss over certain elements of policy in speeches/debates if they want any hope of winning an election.
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Posted 25 February 2008 - 03:35 PM
no, i hate lies. how would you feel if someone has lied to you?
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Posted 25 February 2008 - 03:36 PM
white people are never right so id say no.
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Posted 26 February 2008 - 01:32 AM
I AM a Christian, but I believe people can say these so-called minor lies, as long as they don't get out of hand. The person telling the lie ought to keep track of it and come clean eventually. (In certain situations.)
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Posted 26 February 2008 - 06:21 PM
Well.... white lies dont usually hurt people so i guess they are okay. But you have to question if you should have to tell white lies to certain people i.e. friends. Like if you say they look nice and they dont you arent actually doing them any favours sure it mite make u and them feel better but its not an honest friendship is it?
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Posted 26 February 2008 - 10:02 PM
White lies are okay, everybody does it, maybe not on purpose but they do.
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Posted 28 February 2008 - 04:44 AM
Depends on how big a secret they are covering up and what the effect will be if they find out you lied
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Posted 28 February 2008 - 06:57 PM
Ever hear of the chain reaction effect? It's starts out as one thing and it keeps growing and growing until it blows up in your face think of it like this may start out as a "simple" "white lie" but how often does it start out "harmless" and "small" but in the end it blows up right in your face where if you would have told the truth in the first place it would've ended right then and there
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Posted 02 March 2008 - 05:33 PM
Yes, thats true, but sometimes you do it and there isn't a consecence.
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Posted 02 March 2008 - 06:33 PM
Everything in life has consequences regardless if we can see them or not it's cause and effect even something small when put aside has a chance to become something larger
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Posted 02 March 2008 - 06:52 PM
yes, sometimes a lie is much better than the truth
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Posted 14 March 2008 - 04:17 PM
It depends, if it is to save someone it is not considered a bad thing to me. But if used to hurt someone it is a bad thing.
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Posted 14 March 2008 - 04:39 PM
no,it's not okay.White lies are also unforgivable!!white lies: its still a lie. as long as nothing bad happens because of that. i guess its okay
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Posted 15 March 2008 - 03:48 AM
Well either ways lies are bad and creates a sin and also give you guilt so I would have to say both.Whites lies are bad because even though you try to not tell a lie you tell it and it affects your friendship between other people. You give them mistrust so I would have to disagree with that.Although it may be bad, it is also good.As someone has already said before me, "It good when it is meant to save someone's life."For example telling your girlfriend about not having another girlfriend is wrong and is a bad white lie.However in cases like someone is in near death then we might as well lie to them.-------------------()1/2
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Posted 21 March 2008 - 02:59 AM
When someone lies to you and you know it you have to think about one thing. The reason the person is lying and not the topic the person lied about. People have to begin looking into the reason why people lie and not judge them just because they lied.
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Posted 28 March 2008 - 09:36 PM
The world is full of white lies. If a husband told his pregnant wife what she really looked like, it would be hell for him and her both. If a loyal wife talked to another man, and the jealous husband asked, she is just saving herself from a griping and him from going insane with jealous thoughts. If you told you overweight child that he was a fatty, his self-esteem would crash, leading him to further eating or worse, he qould quit eating to lose weight. So white lies, with intention of A. Cheating B. hurting the other in my eyes is quite alright.
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Posted 28 March 2008 - 09:44 PM
of course they're acceptable.. if they help good people while not injuring good people, tey must be acceptable
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Posted 29 March 2008 - 12:08 AM
White lies that are acceptable: "You look like you've lost some weight!" "Your hair looks great!"
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Posted 29 March 2008 - 02:13 AM
there are not such things as white lies, after all a lie is a lie... i personally i rather know the truth always even though it my hurt some times
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Posted 30 March 2008 - 03:41 AM
I don't think white lies are all that offensive. Some say a lie is a lie, but then why is it that a white lie doesn't offend me and a "more important" lie does? It all depends on the person, I guess. I only get offended by white lies when I ask for the truth over and over and am always denied the right to have it.
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Posted 30 March 2008 - 08:32 AM
Sure, but only if its someone I know. Sometimes best to avoid hurting someone's feelings
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Posted 30 March 2008 - 09:12 PM
No, when you lie you only make the situation worse. Just tell the truth. It wont hurt the people.
