Telling a terriable lie about you? I acted like I didn't hear her. I think this is what Jesus would have done, I have prayed that God will heal her of this lying spirit because I and others have heard the many lies she tells. I think she has a mental illiness. But it still hurts my feelings because I would never do the terriable thing she said I did.
2007-12-02 15:51:20 · 14 answers · asked by pkvan 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Prayer is a great reaction. I say keep it up.
2007-12-02 15:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
I'm not so sure Jesus would have just walked away. After all remember how he called out the scribes and Pharisees in Mathew 23 blasting them because they were acting like hypocrites! He calls them hypocrites and offspring of vipers. Those are some serious admonishments.
There is such a thing as righteous indignation. And this person is potentially harming your reputation. She has left you confused and hurt by her actions and really, the only thing left TO DO is to confront her in a calm, mature way and tell her you overheard her and ask that she not repeat something that she was very incorrect about. Just because she claims to be a Christian, doesn't mean she isn't capable of not acting like one is expected to.
2007-12-02 16:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-10 03:10:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has happened to me before...many times...many many times (dang, that was a LONG train of thought you sent me on).
When I was a lot younger, I was a lot more likely to follow your strategy...just ignore her (and complain about it to others *smile*)...but even as a child I sometimes practiced the strategy I prefer now...I call them on it. Speak the truth in love is what God commands us to do...but if that's too difficult, then the "ignore it" strategy is certainly preferable to the "shout the truth in anger" strategy!!!
I have learned to wait until my hurt/anger subsides before speaking to a person that told a lie about me (or to me)...but I still have a tendency to speak up right then and there. When I remember to ask for God's help, he's given me the words to use humor or gentle questioning to allow the other person to admit his or her lie without "losing face".
For example, if I overheard a woman tell a "terrible lie" about me, I would probably walk right up to her (thereby letting her know I heard her without saying a word!) and laughing ask where in the world she heard that crazy story. This gives her the opportunity to "save face" by conceding that she must have been given bad information instead of having to admit in front of witnesses that she made up a deliberate lie!
2007-12-02 16:28:43 · answer #4 · answered by KAL 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I really don't care if a person is a good Christian or not, if they're talking about me behind my back, and I overhear it, I'm not going to mess up a chance to humiliate them a little over it. I feel like Jesus is okay with that, as long as you forgive her, right? I mean, He seemed to enjoy making people eat their words.
2007-12-02 15:59:13 · answer #5 · answered by Frau eines Zwillings 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that you handled the situation the way you should have. People who know you would know that she has lied. Likewise people who know her will know that she lies. She sounds like she has mental problems.It is possible that she is jealous of you. She more than likely feels threatened by your popularity. She wants to be like you but she is a miserable person and doesn't know how to have the positive energy that you display. Just pray for her without her knowledge.
2007-12-03 02:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
PkVan,
As a Chriwstian I would be required to see her individually. If that was not helpful, then the second time one is to take another chrustian with me/you. The church elders are the third and final step according to the Apostle Paul. We are always wanting the individual to repent and be prayed for. Have a wonderful week. I am sorry that she has done this. YOU are evidently a wonderful person!
Thanks,
.Eds
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2007-12-02 15:58:02 · answer #7 · answered by Eds 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'd call them on it, frankly. It's easier to stop a lie at the source than it is to repair your reputation after it's gone through the gossip mill.
But hey, I'm an atheist who believes we're all accountable for our own [in]actions. Now you have to deal with the consequences of her barefaced lie because you didn't stop it when you had a golden opportunity.
2007-12-02 15:54:02 · answer #8 · answered by moddy almondy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus would have not talked to them to say he didn't appreciate them telling lies? I'm sure he wouldn't have walked up to them and called them a *$#@ lier, but he wasn't a push-over...look at what he did to the money changers at the temple.
2007-12-02 15:59:28 · answer #9 · answered by P L 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would say loudly enough for everyone to hear "God heard what you said".
SAVE ME Jeebus! -Homer Simpson
2007-12-02 16:00:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would have confronted her right there and then. Humiliation is the only way to stop people like that.
2007-12-02 15:54:50 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋