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Lying: Deceit to Others or Yourself?

It is one of those clear early Wednesday night right after Christmas, a chapel I attended, yet what was said in the sermon, laid heavy upon my heart.

The preacher talked a topic about ”lying”, a common topic, yet his speech draw my full awareness on my worldview and how I should treat others. My preacher first start out making a joke: some people, who would sometime pretend to stay in restroom longer, so people would assume they washed their hands in this cold day. I burst out laughing, this efforts seemed silly and pointless but it sometimes happens, he trapped my attention in to his sermon step by step with this introduction.


Then he asked all his listener to participate in his question: when was you last time you lie? Yet it is not a question to answer loudly, it irritates me as I was under a stare from my conscious. The topic about lying, was talked over so many times that it is easy for us to ignore how unaware we really are, lying to a little child, deception between peers, or to a friend... Even some time we lied because we have some unknown good intentions for them. Yet indeed we were beguiled by ourselves so much that we did not noticed we are lying for a long time, even in Bible Proverbs 12:22 said: The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy. Though the intention is good, lying should not a tool for us to use a lot. This preacher’s words cut down into my heart deeply for pathos was used in his speech, his reasoning was well that I made a resolution to myself that I would not easily lie to others and would pay attention to my deeds and languages. It was one of those few sermons I still remember today and alarms myself with.
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  1. AnonymousMarch 2, 2018 at 2:06 PM

    The grammar is kind of hard to follow with but overall this is a very good essay and mentions a lot of Rhetoric.

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  2. IsabelMarch 2, 2018 at 5:50 PM

    This really made me think. It's really easy to lie, especially when one gets into the habit of it, especially when they're 'small' lies. This also makes me wonder if sarcasm could also be interpreted as lying, as it is saying something untrue, even if it is for the purpose of stressing the truth. (I hope not. I happen to like sarcasm.)

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