2007-11-04 12:55:35 · 28 answers · asked by LuckY GirL 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Well, not about liars exactly, but about being lied to...
"If I'm going to be hurt either way, I'd rather be hurt by the truth (than by a lie)."
2007-11-04 12:59:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What a great strawman you construct here. One way to build a false argument is to claim that another person argument was designed in response to something that it was never designed to address. And that's what you do here. But apparently you are merely responding to certain Christians who use Lewis' argument for purposes it was never intended for. Lewis made this argument against a particular form of unbelief. It was stated in response to those who believed Christ existed and that He was indeed a religious philosopher and teacher of good ethics (the parable of the Good Samaritan comes to mind) but who reject the claims that he is God's unique Son or that He is God in the flesh. The whole point of his argument is that you can indeed call him a lunatic or a liar.. you can even claim he did not exist! Lewis' argument isn't meant to address these at all! It is meant to address the claim that He existed as a good teacher only. The point is that if Jesus existed and said the things related in the Gospel accounts, then He could not be merely a good teacher, or even a good teacher at all. A simple good teacher would not make the claims Christ made about Himself, for if they did, they would no longer be a good teacher. They would be either a madman or a liar. In another classic spin on Lewis' point, a student of Lewis summed it up with an addition: "He was either a Liar, a Lunatic, a myth or He is Lord... He cannot be merely a good teacher." Get it? So in a sad and fitting way, Lewis' argument actually agrees with some of what you say.
2016-03-13 12:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lie could be halfway across the world when the truth is putting on her shoes.
Liars are honest people consumed by greed.
Liars hurt others, while lies backstab liars-favorite one
2007-11-04 14:03:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liar Liar Pants on Fire!
2007-11-04 12:59:31 · answer #4 · answered by bundanator 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Liars impose on others but at the end deceive themselves
2007-11-04 13:02:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The curse of the liar: he can never believe anyone else
2007-11-04 14:59:16 · answer #6 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there's a little song that I like to sing to the tune of Frere Jaques:
Revelation, Revelation,
21:8, 21:8
Liars go to Hell, Liars go to Hell,
Burn, Burn, Burn, Burn, Burn, Burn
Or of course, in the words of Gregory House, M.D. "Everyone lies"
2007-11-04 13:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by Nita W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Aesop
2007-11-04 12:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. R.T. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.”
“Liars begin by imposing upon others, but end deceiving themselves”
“He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers”
2007-11-04 13:04:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does a liars pants really catch on fire?
2007-11-04 13:04:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋