I recently read
Sam Harris's essay on lying (it's a Kindle single), and it's absolutely fascinating. The usual school of thought on lying it's that it's bad, except white lies are OK. But he rejects most of that as a rationalization, and that telling the truth is still kinder. He also references a book I read two years ago, M. Scott Peck's
PEOPLE OF THE LIE, which discusses the repercussions from an explicitly Christian viewpoint. But it's still fascinating for a non-believer like me (and Sam Harris). I'm still working on being more honest in my life, and I'm still angered by the sheer amount of bull**** I've been fed in my life. To get some distance from it, gives me some scope to the enormity of it. And for the folks who thought I was overreacting you have no idea just how many lies I was told, and how manipulated I was. So happy I am living in truth now, and the lesson I'm taking away is it's better to walk away and be in pain than to be pulled into a lie, and be in pain later, and for longer.
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