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Lying is a sin, right?
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<blockquote data-quote="silence_dogood" data-source="post: 54607712" data-attributes="member: 261531"><p>There are two answers to this. </p><p> </p><p>The first is that it would still be a sin to tell a lie, that it would be your responsibility to tell the truth and that the consequences would be God's responsibility, since it would be His commands you're following. </p><p> </p><p>The second is that the question is an unjust question and so you are not under any obligation to tell the truth.</p><p> </p><p>The third option, of course, would be to refuse to answer but if you do, it would almost certainly be construed as an affirmative answer.</p><p> </p><p>People often point to Rahab, but remember that although Rahab was considered a heroine for her lie, the Bible never tells us that it was excused by God. </p><p> </p><p>I believe that I would be wrestling with two responsibilities: to tell the truth and to protect the innocent and in this case, I believe that my responsibility to protect the innocent would outweigh my responsibility to tell the truth. </p><p> </p><p>However, if lying meant putting my own family in jeopardy, then my first priority would be to protect my own family.</p><p> </p><p>And then there is still the matter that it may be God's will that they be found by the Nazis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="silence_dogood, post: 54607712, member: 261531"] There are two answers to this. The first is that it would still be a sin to tell a lie, that it would be your responsibility to tell the truth and that the consequences would be God's responsibility, since it would be His commands you're following. The second is that the question is an unjust question and so you are not under any obligation to tell the truth. The third option, of course, would be to refuse to answer but if you do, it would almost certainly be construed as an affirmative answer. People often point to Rahab, but remember that although Rahab was considered a heroine for her lie, the Bible never tells us that it was excused by God. I believe that I would be wrestling with two responsibilities: to tell the truth and to protect the innocent and in this case, I believe that my responsibility to protect the innocent would outweigh my responsibility to tell the truth. However, if lying meant putting my own family in jeopardy, then my first priority would be to protect my own family. And then there is still the matter that it may be God's will that they be found by the Nazis. [/QUOTE]
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