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Originally Posted by John Atkinson
My point exactly let's say truth has 10 levels. If I tell a level 2 truth with the intent of disguising level 8 truth... have I sinned?
Jesus told them parables to mask the ultimate reality of a truth, this could be seen by purists as a deceptive practice.
Someone call a philosopher...quick.
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And when and if a philosopher should answer that call, ya'll can listen attentively and thirstily drink in his every word while he babbles on about all the nuances of the different levels of truth. In the meantime, I'll be considering what the scripture has to say about truth...and philosophers.
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you
through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Again, at no time and in no way whatsoever did Jesus speak with
intent to deceive. Such a suggestion - as you did make - is in no way whatsoever agreeable with the nature of Christ. Jesus spoke only the truth.
1John 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that
no lie is of the truth.
Yes, the truth he spoke was often disguised in parables. Yes, the truth he spoke was often hard to understand. But it was still 100% the truth. He wasn't flirting with lying so that he wouldn't actually have to tell the truth. He wasn't twisting the truth into an elaborate pretzel form so that he wouldn't have to actually tell the truth. He wasn't hiding the truth behind a lie. He merely told the truth in such a way that
those who didn't actually want to know the truth would not understand it.
This is very much different than hiding the truth behind a lie. Any [so-called] philosopher who says differently is a certifiable nutcase.
To answer your question, assuming that when you say "level 2 truth" that you mean that that "level" 2 truth" is still 100% truth, of course not, how can telling 100% truth be sinning?
However, if by "level 2 truth" you mean something that is not 100% truth, then yes, you are sinning. The truth is, 99% truth mixed with 1% lie equals 100% deceit.
Think of it like this: If you add 1 drop of poison to a pure cup of water, how much of that water is poisoned?