If you wanted to be 100% truthful about everything, what would be the consequences?

Question

Would you have to run around telling people everything you know and where you'd been so as to not lie by ommission of information? To be 100% truthful is it enough to just tell people what they need to know?

Answer 1

I don't consider witholding information from someone as being untruthful.
While witholding important information from someone who really needs it is certainly dishonest, information in this day and age is like rubbish: there is far too much information and most of it is unnecessary. People these days feel this need to be "connected" at all times. Catharsis of information under the guise of being truthful is like pollution. Personally, I try to avoid information (on my good days) such as gossip... whether it is true or not. I don't want to become a vehicle for it. Like an old coworker once asked, "Why do you fill your head with that s**t?" When I feel that someone is looking for information about another person that's not their business, I can find creative ways of directing them away... which I do not consider lying.

As for being truthful when asked a serious question in earnest, or in passing on worthy information... I do believe we should strive for 100%... it would make the world a better place, in my opinion. But we need to give sensitive information in a compassionate manner... and at a time when the recipient is relatively prepared to receive it, if possible.

Answer 2

This is subjective. Truth, a lot of times is what people want to hear. So if you tell the truth and it is something that people don't like or want to hear they may say that it is a lie. Despite undisputable evidence some people will still refute the truth. So running around trying to tell people the truth would not help you be 100% truthful. For example, there was a time when someone was running around telling people that the earth is round. Everyone else told this person that they are crazy because everyone knows the earth is flat.

Answer 3

If i was 100% truthful a lot of people would think i was being cold hearted, or trying to hurt them - because the truth does hurt. I
At the same time i would ultimatly feel happier in the knowledge my conscious is clear from any hidden truths that would trouble me.

I wouldnt run around telling all i know, because i dont deem ommissions of information as lies. I think it is enough to tell people just what they need to know.

Answer 4

The Trick to being 100% truthful is to realize even lies are the truth. By this I mean when someone tells a lie if you understand what that person is really saying you can see beyond what they said and into what they ment. Its about whats behind the lie or truth that counts. IF there is love and no hate behind a statement it is 100% true. Trust me when I say there is no hate in this world just less love.

Answer 5

I think being 100% truthful to yourself about everything is the key to your question it brings no consequences other than honesty! But is honesty always the best policy i think yes but it can hurt peoples feelings but it does give them thought to change, i feel people know the answers deep down anyway and if someone said "does my bum look big in this" and you said "no of course not" they would know you wasnt being truthful and what does that tell them, that they cant really trust what you say anyway and all good things are built on trust!

Answer 6

If everyone can be truthful, our collective security will improve by leaps and bounds... and that exactly was the purpose behind the moral.

100% truthful just means that whatever you say is never a lie.... what you have not said and has only been in your mind is irrelevant with respect to being truthful as a moral.

We are so used to lying at the fall of a hat that we have become incapable of discussing truth even as a subject. Truth has a meaning only as a moral... we all know that truth is just whatever one believes to be true and there is no absolute truth as such.

Answer 7

If you're 100% truthful, then you gotta have wisdom. A wise man knows when to speak. He also knows when not to speak. He would know that speaking too much will bring him trouble. The consequences would be trouble if you didn't have the wisdom. But God will be pleased with you even if people persecute you for being truthful. To be 100% truthful is to always speak truth the moment you open your mouth.

Answer 8

When people suppress the Id within by only speaking the truth all of the time the unconscious portion of brain will act
upon the hidden desires wanting expression. These usually occur in deep sleep dreaming. The Id will assert its
most willful needs sometimes during this deep sleep (i.e,
cookery, driving vehicles, sexual behavior, and/or walking).

It may occur in what is called the Waking Dream. This frequently happens when driving vehicles and people suddenly realize they can't remember traveling previous miles of roadway. That was the Id taking over.

Waking Dream state can be introduced as grounds for temporary insanity if qualified after crime by criminal psychologist(s). People who act like Saints have, thanks
to their Id, ability to become involuntarily Satanic.

Answer 9

Did you confront him yet? You should, find out if what he wants and decide what you want, don't stay with him just becuase he is good with his kids, he can do that without being married to you, you can do it, make a life without him, just if you want to or not. Its hard... My husband cheated too... I always had a feeling something was going on but I felt like i had to give him the benfit of the doubt, if i didn't have hard proof, i couldn't leave him, I really never wanted to leave him, i love him, and it sounds like you feel the same way. But you should make sure that he won't do it again, and that he really wants to be with you and only you, you deserve that, you cant just give give give and not get true undivided love back, its not right, its not fair. No it isn't fair to your kids, but guess what... you didn't do it, its not your fault, and your kids are going to be worse off if you stay and he continues to be unfaithful, and you become a wreak because of it. You won't be able to take the kids and never let him see them again, you can leave and get child support, and maybe almoney, but he will have a right to see his kids, and you need to be grown up and civil about it, because if you don't the kids will suffer even more. If you do decide to leave him, he will only realize what he is missing when your gone, if you stay and he might think he is able to continue to cheat. Make sure you are heard when you talk to him, that you will leave if it happens again, of course you did tell him that before, so i'm not sure if you should give him another chance, but thats up to you. Your not happy in your marriage, if you don't think you can be happy and you both don't want to work on it, then you cant stay. Good luck.

Answer 10

When I'm lying, I'm usually keeping something to myself that would only hurt and not benefit the person or else I'm backed into a corner and am trying to show my best side. Most of the time, I get myself in trouble for being too honest. I think the truth is sort of relative when it comes to what I really think about something. I try not to be too opinionated and not give too much information.