I've just had to lie my way into a location to get photos for a class project. Without the lie, I wouldn't be able to complete my project. I know it's wrong but..... is there ever justification for said lies? The lie hurts no-one but of course, I cannot see the repercussions for the future. It might end up hurting someone but if I hadn't lied my ass off (telling some massive whoppers- "Hi, I'm an assistant for a director in Perth, looking to stage a theatrical production sometime here in the next year and he's sent me out on a recon assignment...") I would have failed my assignment for uni which would result in a no-graduation for me. Hmmm, the grey area is thickening.
I guess the trouble with "white" lies is that they can lead to a slippery slope which leads into outright lying (with a malicious or harmful intent). Everyone lies, as a favourite TV doctor with a limp famously proclaims. I've yet to meet a Christian that doesn't lie. Not like telling their mother that they can't pick them up from hospital because they're tied up at work when instead they're Facebooking but little lies like.... "Sorry Davey, we've run out of jelly beans" to avoid a public meltdown at Children's church when he's refused a lolly because he's already massively obese for a 4-yr-old. (Not taken from real life). Do we as Christians try to balance out life, tightrope-walking that line between white lie and BLACKEVILHORRIBLE lie or do we err on the side of caution and make life a lot harder to deal with than it already is?
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i think justifying lies leads us down that slippery slope. but wisely and painfully accepting that we lie once in a while should be OK in my opinion, as long as it hurts. of course sometimes we realise too late that the pain is no longer there. then u need to take some time off and make it a point to live in the light in order to renew your mind. having said that unfortunately lies are a necessary evil in life. - honey does this jeans make me look fat? hello??? and like every politician in the world u gotta spin it to win it. like culling crows or cane toads. like making billions pumping oil and gas out of the sea and destroying the whale's home in the meantime. somebody's going to be affected but your reason(s) outweigh theirs. too bad. life goes on. lie lie lie! maybe it doesnt hurt me anymore... oh no...
This might sound like I'm condoning the behaviour but lying is not a simple B&W issue. the truth can be told in countless ways, it's just how you emphasize certain parts of the truth that may come across as lying.
You can answer this "Do I look fat in these jeans?" question in two ways:
"Heck yeah! It's bursting at the seams!"
OR
"Honey, those jeans look great on you. They really accentuate your curves."
Both tell the truth, but in very different ways, coz the emphasis is on different things.
Living in this world, we cannot live like it's all B&W. It's not. If we did, as Christians we would not get very far at all.
I think it gives new meaning to the verse "gentle as doves but shrewd as serpents."
Anyway, enough rambling, I think I've made my point.
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