Is deception ever acceptable?

[LadyChocolate]

Originally Posted by Kutless

Chocodile is a chocolate twinkie. I would think that a lady of chocolate would know that!!!!

lolol...i don't like twinkies...lolol now , give me some truffles, or a triplegrandemocha from starbucks and ......mmmmm!

[LadyChocolate]

Originally Posted by COOPER

Thats pentecostal!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahaha that's the truth!!! I have done it before, yes I admit it, but I don't feel right about it!!!! Crazy lil thing called a conscience! lol Like Chan said, I just don't answer the phone!!!

[Kutless]

But what if it was to protect the image of someone?

[Esther]

Originally Posted by COOPER

Thats pentecostal!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh come off it Coop. That is PEOPLE!

Don't you go to work with the same kind of people?

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Kutless

But what if it was to protect the image of someone?

What if it is to not tell confidential information?

Originally Posted by Kutless

But what if it was to protect the image of someone?

Not relevant.

[OneAccord]

A lie by any other name is still a lie. If the intent is to mislead, decieve, manipulate, or just outright lie...it is a lie. And a sin.

Sometimes we tell just enough truth to get by (a half-truth) and, because we didn't tell a bald face lie, we think we are okay. But God judges and knows the intent of our heart. If it is our intent to mislead, then we are held accountable for the sin of lying. A "half-truth" is a "half-lie" come to think of it.
Now... just what is a "bald face Lie", anyway?

[Kutless]

Originally Posted by OneAccord

A lie by any other name is still a lie. If the intent is to mislead, decieve, manipulate, or just outright lie...it is a lie. And a sin.

Sometimes we tell just enough truth to get by (a half-truth) and, because we didn't tell a bald face lie, we think we are okay. But God judges and knows the intent of our heart. If it is our intent to mislead, then we are held accountable for the sin of lying. A "half-truth" is a "half-lie" come to think of it.
Now... just what is a "bald face Lie", anyway?

I thought it was a BOLD face lie

[LadyChocolate]

Originally Posted by Kutless

But what if it was to protect the image of someone?

explain...I'm not fully understanding ya here. I've kept silent about some things about people because I truely love them and would not destroy their image...even when I felt like I should say something....I don't like to destroy another person's image...if the conversation came about, I would have to bow out gracefully before I would have to either say something misleading or destroy a person's image....But this can vary sooooooooooooooooooo many different ways......

Originally Posted by Esther

What if it is to not tell confidential information?

now that depends on the people involved...not every situation is the same, but never should their be a time to be dishonest or only halfway truthful...........

[OneAccord]

Originally Posted by Kutless

I thought it was a BOLD face lie

Its probably suppose to be BOLD FACE LIE. But here in the south we saw Bald Face Lie. Must be a southern thing.