am i lying?

Question

i say something (A) and imply another thing (B):

1) if B is a lie but A is true; am i lying or telling the truth?
2) if A is neither true nor false but B is a lie; am i lying?
* remember5 that i never actually said a lie. they were only implyed

i know this sounds confusing but if you understand it please try to answer

Answer 1

You're a Liar. Why not figure out a way to make that work for you? Have you every considered getting into sales? Or becoming a clergy?

Answer 2

Technically a statement being a lie has nothing to do with the truth. A lie is determined by whether the teller thought the statement was true or not.

So if you said A and B and thought they were true you were not lying. If you said A and B and thought either of them were untrue, then you were lying.

If you think something is true and they are not, at worst you can be considered to be mistaken.

However, if you say something that you think is untrue, even if they turn out to be true, you are a liar.

Answer 3

Of course you are lying. If your intented is for the other person to assume that B is true when it is in fact not, then you are lying to the person. If the person calls you on the lie, then you can say that he misunderstood your intention, but that doesn't make it any less of a lie, does it. You know what you meant.

Great question though

Answer 4

You sound exactly like my stepson - he "lies" without lying. Your intent in both situations is to mislead; whether A is true or false is immaterial. You are implying B in both situations, which is a lie both times. My son's Happy Meal went missing while he was napping. He woke up and it was gone. My 14 year old stepson said he got rid of it because he didn't think my 3 year old son was going to eat it. Well, he did not "get rid of it" - he ate it. He *implied* that he had thrown it out, while he had *in fact* eaten it himself. His intent was to mislead me into thinking he was blameless in the matter, by implying that he had thrown it out. You tell me if you think he is a liar. I sure as hell do. And so is anyone else who tries to pull that crap on someone. I told him that he could argue semantics all he wanted, but his intention was to deceive me and therefore he is a liar.

Answer 5

No! you are not lying! Dealing diplomatically is good many a times. What you are saying / communicating (A) is true.. means you are not lying. In case 2 also you are not lying because you said (A) is neither true not false. Suppose if (A) is false then it is considered as lie... period

Answer 6

Yeah you lying. You said A is neither true or false .Than what is it? For A to be neither true or false you've got to be lying somewhere down the line. lol.

Answer 7

A would have to be either true or false. Right? It can't be neither.

But if either way you are implying B which is false, and you know it is false, by stating A, then you are being deceitful and are therefore lying.

Peace

Answer 8

What it all boils down to is what is communicated, not what is actually said. In either case even though you didn't explicitly lie you communicated in such a way as to purposely mislead.

In short, yes you are lying.

Perhaps you should consider a career in politics...

Answer 9

Well if there are lies involved than yup liar but if you say one thing because you mean it at that time and then a series of events lead you to do the other than not a lye no one can prodict the future

Answer 10

Whether it was actually said or just implied makes no difference. It's a matter of intent.

If your intent was to deceive or mislead, then you lied.