Hi,
Are these scenarios involving gossip and therefore sin?
1. You’ve been asked by the police to tell information about a suspect. You tell the negative things - the person robbed place x, said bad things y, did horrible thing z etc.
2. You know your sibling is dating someone you know has a history of bad things. You decide to tell your sibling about those things, not in order to express hate on the individual, but to make your sibling aware of the history for protective purposes.
3. You tell your friends about some horrible things you’ve witnessed that guy x did. You don’t tell the name of guy x, but you just share for educational purposes, for example how a demonic possession looked like or how schizophrenia manifested.
4. You share rumors (so not confirmed information) about a certain individual to someone you love for protective purposes. Just to give them a warning.
I guess the question is what really distinguishes gossip from information sharing?
Are these scenarios involving gossip and therefore sin?
1. You’ve been asked by the police to tell information about a suspect. You tell the negative things - the person robbed place x, said bad things y, did horrible thing z etc.
2. You know your sibling is dating someone you know has a history of bad things. You decide to tell your sibling about those things, not in order to express hate on the individual, but to make your sibling aware of the history for protective purposes.
3. You tell your friends about some horrible things you’ve witnessed that guy x did. You don’t tell the name of guy x, but you just share for educational purposes, for example how a demonic possession looked like or how schizophrenia manifested.
4. You share rumors (so not confirmed information) about a certain individual to someone you love for protective purposes. Just to give them a warning.
I guess the question is what really distinguishes gossip from information sharing?