You know how God frowns on lying – bearing false witness and all that? <br />Well, sometimes lying is good, don’t you think? For example, if the <br /> <br />Nazis came knocking on your door asking if a Jew was in your house, <br />you wouldn’t tell them the truth about the Jew hiding in your basement, <br /> <br />would you? Well, maybe YOU would since you think the heathen Jew <br />would be doomed to Hell anyway. So let’s think of a different example. <br /> <br />Okay, say you encounter a severely crippled wheelchair-bound girl. If I <br />thought she looked pathetic, there’s no way I would say that to her face. <br /> <br />But if Jesus encountered her, he might feel he had to be truthful at all <br />times no matter what. At first, he would probably dance around the <br /> <br />subject and distract her with some holy water or something. But if she <br />asked, “Hey Jesus, how do I look? ” and he blurted out that she looked <br /> <br />really repulsive, I think that would be wrong. And I would feel obliged <br />to tell him right then and there that he was being cold-hearted. Then <br /> <br />again, he’s only human so you’d have to cut him some slack. I mean, <br />maybe he’d had a hard night and just wasn’t thinking straight.<br /><br />Professor Poetry Hound<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lying-is-good/
