can anyone quote me any literarature on lying being alright , does it not matter about lying to worldlys as they are considered evil anyway . when i used to study i remember hearing many times "i cannot tell a lie ,i am a jehovahs witness "( this was usually said by people who everyone knew told lies ) when i hear jw talk now about how marvelous they are it makes me want to vomit .
am i right in thinking that jws can lie under certain crcumstances ?
by looloo 12 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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Mr. Majestic
I don’t know if this is what you might be after but there is the case in C of C with regards to Malawi and Mexico, the fact that you could lie in Mexico.
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Junction-Guy
They call it "Theocratic Warfare Strategy" and it ranges anywhere from stretching the truth, to bold face lies.
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carla
Look in the Aid book or here
http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/watchtower_quotes/present-truths/lie/
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Mrs. Witness
I also think it's in the custody battle book, if someone could post the link again.
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Maddie
Yes they can and I remember hearing it discussed as being alright for JW's to do.
Maddie
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Mulan
Yes, I think it's in the Aid book, under honesty, or something other than lies. I remember looking for it about 25 years ago, while still a dub, and not being able to find it very easily.
It defines a lie as "an untruth told to someone who has the right to the information".
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looloo
does that mean i have no rights to the truth as a worldly (in their eyes ) im considered a trouble maker , i believe as i got a pioneer to run off with me ,and an elder fell for me and didnt want the "repentant " pioneer back at meetings till he got over me , they defo must think satan controls me!!!! not to mention the child abuse situation , i bet they wish i would clear off (im now married to that ex pioneer
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sf
am i right in thinking that jws can lie under certain crcumstances ?
"Certain circumstances" would generally mean when their mouths are moving.
OUTLAW, help me out here bro.
sKally
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Barbie Doll
JWs will lie, to keep you in there group. What ever it takes.