http://www.abika.com/Reports/Samples/Verifycollegedegree.htm
There is one final word I want to call your attention to: Lies. People lie.
People in power lie BIG. This sounds harsh, but it is real. People who lie
believe they are justified in lying, otherwise lying would be very hard. They
see lying as part of what they have to do to accomplish some worthy purpose.
Most of us, with our limited ambitions, are comfortable only with small lies,
but those who have the most sweeping and wonderful plans have learned to use
the Big Lie.
I am very concerned about the times we are living in because people are more
willing to listen to lies than to learn the truth. The biggest lies today, are
committed in the name of the noblest purpose: "national security". The problem
is that lies destroy human community and the prospect of true democracy. Lies
may protect us, but they destroy us at the core leaving nothing worth
protecting.
John Stockwell, a high ranking CIA officer who dropped out and went public
because of his conscience, says 1/3 of the people working under him were
"propagandists." They spent time fabricating outright lies to feed into the
U.S. press and the briefings of political figures who would be quoted in the
press. Most of us look for biases in the news, but we generally don't expect
outright lies.
Truth involves not only a search but also a struggle. What can I say? Is there
hope? I hope so! I intend to maintain my hope and to act on it. I urge you to
help bring our hope to fulfillment by not being seduced by laziness or lies,
but by engaging in the struggle for truth.
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1997/marapr/lsjournal/bookrevi
ew1.html
" . . . having made lying an accepted government function, our government is
now overrun with liars; having made our public posture heartless as a matter of
policy, we are now unable to bring our heart to public affairs; having made
killing a measure of our national efforts, we watch helplessly as killing has
become one of our principal cultural currencies; having failed to look our
transgressions straight in the face, we have not been straight with one another
since; having refused to live up to our values, we are now increasingly without
values; having made language into hype, we now have nothing believable to say."
http://www.human3.com/link7.htm
Indeed, adopting a "zero tolerance" policy for the self with regard to lying is
one of the first stages of acquiring Human 3 Consciousness. Your mind is in
control as a Human 3. It is the boss of your instinct (your emotions and
feelings), so whatever motive you may "sense" for telling a lie must also be
known to be "rational" in order to get approved by your brain for outward
behavior, and there are very few circumstances wherein lying is rational.
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http://www.islamicedfoundation.com/articles/article2.htm
Even in America, "the land of prosperity and goodness," poll after poll shows
that the average person thinks lying is okay
http://www.islamicedfoundation.com/articles/article2.htm
1-INTRODUCTION
It is written, THESE SIX THINGS DOTH THE LORD HATE; YEA, SEVEN ARE AN
ABOMINATION UNTO HIM. Three of these are as follows: A LYING TONGUE... A FALSE
WITNESS THAT SPEAKETH LIES, AND HE THAT SOWETH DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN-Pv
6:16,17,19.
The Bible tells us, NONE CALLETH FOR JUSTICE, NOR ANY PLEADETH FOR TRUTH: THEY
TRUST IN VANITY, AND SPEAK LIES; THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF, AND BRING FORTH
INIQUITY-Isa 59:4.
Are these Scriptures for today?
The Bible tells us, THEY BEND THEIR TONGUES LIKE THEIR BOW FOR LIES: BUT THEY
ARE NOT VALIANT FOR THE TRUTH UPON THE EARTH-Jere 9:3; AND WILL NOT SPEAK THE
TRUTH-Jere 9:5.
Yet, the Scripture tells us, LYING LIPS ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD-Pv 12:22;
and A RIGHTEOUS MAN HATETH LYING-Pv 13:5.
One of the biggest problems people have is honesty. Now, very few of us think
of ourselves as dishonest. Very few of us would consider ourselves "a liar,"
yet we all know that, at one time or another, we have lied.
One of the problems we may have, regarding lying, is not having an honest
enough heart to admit the truth. We may tell a little "white lie," but refuse
to admit it was a lie. For instance, you may give your word you will be at a
certain place at a certain time, but something comes up, and you do not keep
your word, yet refuse to admit it was a lie. Perhaps, you may jokingly say,
"Oh, yes, I’ll be there at three o’clock," but you aren’t. It was a lie.
Perhaps, we are not prepared to admit what a lie really is. A lie is an
abominable thing that God hates. Let’s put it in perspective. To say
something in the form of a promise or a commitment and then not keep your word
(regardless of the reason) is to lie, and God hates it. Perhaps, you say you
will go to a certain church on a certain day, yet you do not go.
This is a form of lying, and God hates it. If you say, "I’m going to the
store at three p.m.," and you do not, it is a lie, and God hates it. If you
say you will have a Bible study at four p.m. on Tuesday, but then you change
your mind, you have lied, and God hates it. If you tell a person anything that
is part true and part dishonest, it is a lie, and God hates it. If you say,
someone did this or that, and it is not true, then you have told a lie about
that person, and God hates it. If you tell your neighbor you stopped by to get
some sugar, when the real reason you stopped by was to see her baby, you have
just lied, and God hates it. If you say you will be at someone’s house at two
p.m., but you have a flat tire, it is still a lie, and God hates it. What you
should have said was, "Lord willing, I'll be there at 2 pm, or "I'll try to be
there at 2 pm." As one might say, tell the whole truth and nothing but the
truth.
8-SATAN CAUSES US TO LIE
Who causes us to lie? It is Satan. Satan works in our emotions and feelings.
Perhaps, if we did not lie, we would embarrass ourselves, so we lie. We may try
to cover the truth. We just cannot seem to tell the whole truth. It is written,
Acts 5:3-BUT PETER SAID, ANANIAS, WHY HATH SATAN FILLED THINE HEART TO LIE?
Satan is the father of lies. Satan was a liar from the beginning. Satan is a
deceiver, and he deceiveth the whole world. Again, we are told in Col 3:9-LIE
NOT ONE TO ANOTHER, SEEING THAT YE HAVE PUT OFF THE OLD MAN WITH HIS DEEDS.
Once you are born-again, you are to put off the old man (Satan’s ways) and
follow the path of complete truthfulness and honesty. If you do not, you are
lying to (or deceiving) yourself. 1 Jn 2:4-HE THAT SAITH, I KNOW HIM, AND
KEEPETH NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS, IS A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.
Understand that, 1 Jn 2:21-NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH. No lie that you ever tell
is of God. No matter what the excuse, no matter what the reason, no matter if
your house burns down—if you make a promise, keep it. No lie is of God. Watch
your words. Be careful what you say, lest you misspeak and lie. Jesus never
lied. Satan is the father of lies. Whom do you follow? "Little white lies" are
big, abominable lies that take you to the lake of fire.
Jan