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I have had a cold where my nose ran incessantly.
Also, a toothache which persisted until I went to the dentist.
In addition, I have had a bout with diarrhea which perched me on the porcelain all day long.
In each of these cases, I found myself at the mercy of a situation beyond my control. I would characterize that experience as unpleasant. Yet for some reason, in the pursuit of avoiding personal introspection and repentance, we keep unnecessary, nasty vices inside us and rationalize them as part of being a human being.
Lying is one of them.
Even though religion tells us that we’re all basically evil and therefore prone to tell untruths and to deceive, and entertainment finds lying cute–especially between men and women–and politicians revel in the notion that a certain amount of lying is required to push forth the truth, we must comprehend that lying is a conscious decision made by each of us, even though we know the truth is readily available.
Lying is not spontaneous.
Lying is not something that overcomes us.
It is a choice we make–a fork in the road–and each and every time we do it, it is obvious and a spark of conscience flies off inside us, reminding us that what we just said is completely inaccurate.
But you see, here’s the kicker: even though we portray in all of our religion, entertainment and politics that lying is human, none of us will accept it when others lie to us.
We become enraged, self-righteous and swear to never trust them again.
Such hypocrisy.
And if you’re looking for a warning sign to foretell your failure and the demise of your character, hypocrisy is always the chief demon.
So let me tell you three things to help you understand why lying is not human, but rather, one of the more inhuman things we do to one another:
1. Doing what you hate is hating what you’re doing.
I have never known a liar who, in moments of reflection, does not suffer from self-loathing. Because we hate lying, we eventually have to hate ourselves. So all conversations about self-esteem are useless until we cleanse ourselves from the unrighteousness of lying.
2. If words permit lies, people just stop talking.
It’s why married couples stop yapping to each other. Because lies, cheating and missteps have been tolerated in order to maintain an unsettled peace, people stop talking.
3. When we finally accept that lying is a hypocritical option, then we discover that the three statements that slay the dragon of the forked tongue are:
A. “I was wrong.”
B. “I will do this.”
C. “I don’t know.”
When you’re willing to be honest about your mistakes, forthcoming about what you will and won’t do, and completely candid about what you know and what is beyond your comprehension, you become invaluable because people can trust what you say.
Human beings were created in Eden. Liars were kicked out.
While we are concerned about sins of the flesh, the real downfall in the human family is deception in the heart.
Lying is not human. It is a decision by people who could do better to do worse … and be mean to one another.
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