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Hermit-The-Prog

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6. bearing false witness is a very specific form of lying

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 17, 2019, 01:38 PM

Nov 2019

It's not really reasonable to extrapolate from that to a very general, "thou shalt not lie".

For examples of bearing false witness, see the RW smear campaign against Hillary Clinton. One effect of that is that there are many people who are "uncomfortable" with her, without being able to give any specific reason for their feeling.

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"Thou Shalt Not Lie." When ? 3300 Years Ago in Bible. The reason Trump will not win. [View all] Stuart G Nov 2019 OP

Nailed it. Good post. NT SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #1

Half the country doesn't care. Maybe more. yardwork Nov 2019 #2

I would respectfully disagree. Stuart G Nov 2019 #4

I hope you're right, but I'm pretty disillusioned. yardwork Nov 2019 #11

Yep. These hypocrites have demonstrated over and over that they ooky Nov 2019 #9

Obviously they don't really believe in hell, or they fooled themselves. yardwork Nov 2019 #10

I'm quite certain they are frightened to death of Hell, but they have ooky Nov 2019 #13

where is this, "Thou Shalt Not Lie"? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #3

One of the Ten Commandments...Commandment 8.. Stuart G Nov 2019 #5

bearing false witness is a very specific form of lying Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #6

This was written back when malicious gossip and rumors could destroy a person. Archae Nov 2019 #12

Pointing out his lying at every opportunity is something "we" should be doing. I agree. How dameatball Nov 2019 #7

"May give pause to some.." That's it. Let's say that "some" is 5%. or one in 20. Stuart G Nov 2019 #8