If babies are without sin, why are they such dirty filthy liars?

Question

"Behavioural experts have found that infants begin to lie from as young as six months. Simple fibs help to train them for more complex deceptions in later life....Fake crying is one of the earliest forms of deception to emerge, and infants use it to get attention even though nothing is wrong. You can tell, as they will then pause while they wait to hear if their mother is responding, before crying again."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/07/01/scibaby101.xml

Don't believe it, the link shows that experts have been studying this for years.

Can people not intone the tongue-in-cheekedness of my question? I'm not hatin' on babies. For real.

Answer 1

Hell lets not forget mention all the hell they cause while still in the uterus.
My son would actually wait for me to fall asleep and then begin the kick the crap out of me.
My other son actually kicked me so hard he cracked a rib.

Answer 2

Manipulative behaviors by an infant hardly consititutes a 'dirty filthy lie' -- but your assertion that manipulative behaviors and deception are both learned and reinforced is true.

However, a child (or anyone else for that matter) is not to be condemned for any sin prior to the age of accountability. That time when a person may discern the difference between 'right and wrong' makes the difference in the appellation 'sinner'.

Cut the babies some slack.

Answer 3

As one of my late uncles once said, "Figures don't lie but liars figure".
I question your "experts". What they have witnessed is how the children they observed had been and were bing raised by their parents. The chidren were exhibitting "learned" and not "innate" behaviors.
Children only act and behave as they are taught to behave. Their primary teachers are their parents.

If you are a parent, or should you become a parent, I hope that there is a dramatic change in your presented attitude for the welfare of any child you might be associated with.

may it all be well with you and, yes, I am a parent of a very honest, thoughtful, caring and compassionate daughter.

Answer 4

That's not lying, ya dork - that's simply learned behaviour. Even animals are capable of that - just watch the way a dog will start to nag it's owner at the same time each day when he knows it's time to be fed.

Nothing else to do today, huh?

Answer 5

Babies aren't born without sin. According to what I believe and what my Bible and my God teach me, being born is the beginning of sin. Eve's "curse" was to have children because of her sin. So, Children being born are a direct consequence of sin. However, because the child has not yet learned the difference between right and wrong , then they are not held accountable for their sins. Thanks for the question and have a great day.

Answer 6

No you cant... sorry website 431 Paragraph 2 area 3(b) of the code sez perfect right here---- " any remark approximately, among or around the challenge of sausage might desire to be met and countermanded with vile and vulgar retorts to the quantity of one's skill and carry close of the language and using innuendo"... Sorry dude... its state regulation yanno... ---shuddup Randy------ THWACK--- :O)

Answer 7

I don't think their crying is a sin. They have simply learned how to get attention. They must do something when speech is limited, and they are humans...tiny social creatures who need people to care for them.

Answer 8

hehe babies dont know any better. we come on earth to fix our past mistakes not to be perfect. grown ups see attention to, whether by talking too much, dressing innapropriately or something else.

Answer 9

well dang, why don't we all just round them all up and burn'em?


but wait....if we did that, how would YOU be here today to make such a stupid point, as you were once one of those filthy liars

Answer 10

Crying to get attention is not "lying", it is communication. Your source of information is a fool.