I used to like playing pranks on people, but now I feel I can't because it's lying...but how is playing a prank a sin?
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April Fools...a sin?
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How is a lie a different thing entirely? I mean, throwing a bucket of water on someone isn't, but how is "LOOK! THERE'S A SPIDER ON YOUR NECK!" not?
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zingiber
Post nubila, Phoebus
You could say that it is the intent; it is more of a joke than an intentional deceit. The person, if they do not figure it out themselves, understands once you have told them - no harm has been done. Lying in all other circumstances is done out of sin - a desire to hide ones own guilt, or a desire to manipulate others, or even a desire to hurt others. These are sins against God, but I do not think that the prohibition on lying applies to things like jokes. In the same way that I think that cheating is wrong, but the game 'cheat' I have no problem with.
This is merely my opinion - though I am fairly sure that I right - so you had better make up your own mind! Don't ever do anything that goes against your own conscience; if you still are worried that it is a sin, don't do it. Nonetheless, I really do think that you should not be to quick to judge something a sin. I have a lot of experience in that field (that's why I chose to answer your post!) and it is too easy to extend the laws of the Bible further than they were ever meant to go; you begin to weave yourself a web of legalism, which you then get caught in.
This is merely my opinion - though I am fairly sure that I right - so you had better make up your own mind! Don't ever do anything that goes against your own conscience; if you still are worried that it is a sin, don't do it. Nonetheless, I really do think that you should not be to quick to judge something a sin. I have a lot of experience in that field (that's why I chose to answer your post!) and it is too easy to extend the laws of the Bible further than they were ever meant to go; you begin to weave yourself a web of legalism, which you then get caught in.
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zingiber
Post nubila, Phoebus
I know it never specifically allows 'lies' in jokes in the Bible, but if you look at the spirit of the law, the principle of the thing, I think it would be taking law too far to forbid 'lies' (if they can be called such) in jokes. Jesus allowed his disciples to 'harvest' and 'prepare' grain on the Sabbath, though if you took the laws completely to their end the way the pharisees did, the picking and rubbing that the disciples did would be wrong. However, the laws of the Bible are not meant to be restrictions, but are meant to be good for man. In the same way, it was lawful to pull one of your animals from a hole on the Sabbath, though that could have been construed as work.
I hope this helps!
I hope this helps!
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