2007-02-25 01:13:03 · 9 answers · asked by steve h 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No you are not lying if you state something you believe to be true, though if you are wrong you would be perpetuating a lie.
JB
2007-02-25 01:16:40 · answer #1 · answered by J B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, a lie is a deliberate misrepresentation. If you believe you are telling the truth but are wrong it is a mistake, not a lie. The first person who answered this question is wrong, but I won't accuse her of lying because she might not know the real definition of the word lie. If she does learn the real definition and repeats what she said earlier then she would be lying because she would know better, yet still give false information.
2007-02-25 09:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by jesuscuresislam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given the enormous amount of things we don't know, it's quite possible to believe something that, upon careful examination, is revealed to be false.
Bishop Ussher believed the world was some 6,000 years old, and geological evidence strongly supports the idea that it is much older.
There are situations in which a person can cling to a falsehood that is clearly untrue. If one suspects that an opinion may be based on faulty information, the person has an obligation to verify the information.
Clinging to questionable data is willful ignorance and should be avoided.
2007-02-25 09:46:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an excellent question. It depends on YOUR intention, because a "lie" is conveying false information intentionally.
If you really believed the statement was true, but it was actually false, then it’s a "mistake," not a "lie."
But If you say that you KNOW a statement is true," and it turns out to be false, then THAT IS a lie.
2007-02-25 09:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by bearcruiser1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is true and what is false will never change, but to lie means saying something you know not to be the 'truth'.
Truth is not relative...but our understanding of truth is relative and obscurred and partial.
So we may take a half-truth for the absolute truth and the following can happen:
You can be honest in your speech, and yet say things that are false (unknowningly).
You can lie in you speech, and yet say things that are true because you lied in reference to your half-truth you believe to be truth...but what was said was correct in absolute truth (i.e. reality).
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-02-25 10:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a lie to you as you so convincingly believe in something to be true. But before anyone tries to push what they believe to be true they must also look at the other evidence and the reason for it existing. this will allow you to assess your own belief's
2007-02-25 09:27:04 · answer #6 · answered by Electric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's called "valid perception" vs. "correct perception" which apprehends the object or concept as it REALLY is. In plain English, if it's true to you, it's "valid perception", like if you believe and perceive the sky as being orange, when others perceive it as something else... and correct perception is understanding and seeing that the sky is actually empty of inherent existence.
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2007-02-25 09:19:44 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it isn't the truth it's a lie
Blessed Be
2007-02-25 09:15:50 · answer #8 · answered by Jane ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is only a lie if you are attempting to deceive.
All lies are attempts to deceive, but not all attempts to deceive are lies.
2007-02-25 09:19:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋