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Healfdeane · 09-19-2007, 11:41 PM

There are some other ways to look at this. For one, there are people out there that answer questions with out thinking. "Did you take out the trash?" "Yeah" Inner monologue: Wait did I take out the trash? There are others that believe that words, not actions, reflect more of who they are and would rather tell you that they did do something rather than did not, hoping that they can correct it before you find out - no harm, no foul, right? So that would seem to be an emotional insecurity. But the idea of lying implies that there is truth and non truth. Enlightenment's original post has the sound of emotional hurt or disappointment. Those are moral issues. So, one could say lying is a reflection or side effect of a person's moral beliefs. But, the motivation to lie, in all cases where mental illness is not involved, comes from an emotional reaction to the value a person places in truth versus non truth. Why they lie about particular things and not others is all based on their value system, and if that system conflicts with yours then to you they are a dishonest person. But are you looking at the scenario through their facet of the gemstone?

09-19-2007, 11:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
Healfdeane Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 6	There are many facets to a well cut gemstone There are some other ways to look at this. For one, there are people out there that answer questions with out thinking. "Did you take out the trash?" "Yeah" Inner monologue: Wait did I take out the trash? There are others that believe that words, not actions, reflect more of who they are and would rather tell you that they did do something rather than did not, hoping that they can correct it before you find out - no harm, no foul, right? So that would seem to be an emotional insecurity. But the idea of lying implies that there is truth and non truth. Enlightenment's original post has the sound of emotional hurt or disappointment. Those are moral issues. So, one could say lying is a reflection or side effect of a person's moral beliefs. But, the motivation to lie, in all cases where mental illness is not involved, comes from an emotional reaction to the value a person places in truth versus non truth. Why they lie about particular things and not others is all based on their value system, and if that system conflicts with yours then to you they are a dishonest person. But are you looking at the scenario through their facet of the gemstone?