March 31, 2010
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Will not be on around
I will probably not be online much tomorrow. Why? Because it is April First. It is a day that people feel it is perfectly ok to lie to each other and play cruel tricks on people.
What do you think about the things people do on April Fools day? We have taught our children it is not ok to lie. It doesn’t matter what day it is. How do believers Justify lying to others on April Fools Day?
Pro 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Pro 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Pro 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Pro 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Col 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
We can read of the incident of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts chapter 5 in the Bible. They both fell dead when they lied to the Holy Spirit.
Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
We want to represent our Father well in this life and be honest and free from lies. Believers must recognize lying for the evil it is and never try to justify it under any circumstances, no matter how difficult they may be. Nothing will destroy our influence quicker. No confidence can be placed in a liar.Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Comments (19)
Tomorrow is the atheist holiday. “The
fool
says in his heart, “There is no God.”. let them have it.
I will not be either. I agree. Ppl are deceived if they think they can play with fire ( lying) and not have it corrupt or destroy trust in our kids (just like saying santa claus is real makes kids sometimes have a hard time believing Jesus really is). There is a time and place for joking, but elaborate schemes that make it hard for ppl to knowwhen one is really telling the truth are just sick. Not to
Mention, liars become paranoid bc they start to think other people are as crafty and manipulative as they are (they are not)- so the real sickness is when kids of lying parents get the paranoia that everybody is a conniving, scheming jerk out to get them. This leads to kids in school who make rash decisions and get themselves unnecessarily in trouble in school etc when in reality, they have totally lost sight
of reality themselves. One major example of the destruction of lying comes from my own life ( sorry this is so long). But my ex husband was so paranoid that i might cheat ( i wouldnt have) that i couldnt even look grocery baggers in the eye or say thank you- he would later hit me for it. Well, in the end he was so paranoid bc he was a cheater/ liar himself. The one who lies is the one who has a hard time trusting others. Its not always true bc obviously after all that i became very guarded to avoid making the same mistake again- but it is not surprising that liars/ slanderers/ cheaters are the most insanely paranoid themselves.
@YouTOme - I have Borderline Personality Disorder….So I see things as black and white. Many people think that is a bad thing but I don’t think it is. God is very black and white.
The Borderline does mean that if people lie to me they lose my trust and it takes a long time…if ever…for them to get it back.
Cruel tricks is right. I dont find any of it funny at all.
I believe there is a big difference between playing harmless pranks as part of a cultural tradition in which it is expected, and giving false information for the purpose of being deceitful.
@Kristenmomof3 -
that makes sense to me. I remember you telling me about how hard it is to trust. Much of what youve been through too probably makes it hard too. I see things much the same way. It is very hard for me after someone has betrayed my trust, so i understand it. This is why men who flatter too soon or throw out ” i love you” to many women or flirt around, turn me off so much. I cant trust them. At this point it would take a miracle for me to trust another man romantically. They would have to tear down these inpenetrable walls with God’s supernatural help. And as i told Molly, “i am not going down without a fight”. Amen.
@radicalramblings - i think there is a difference too but can still be harmful. Even if it just one person like kristen, isnt that
Enough?:/
When I was a child, I honestly had no interest in April Fools Day. It was just like a normal day to me.
I never accepted April Fool’s Day and I never will. If people want to make fools of themselves based on a stupid day, go ahead, I have bigger things to be worried about.
What? Can’t take a joke?
@radicalramblings - Agreed. I have never outright lied on April Fool’s Day, but I have done funny things like put food coloring in the milk jugs.
@YouTOme - I agree that outright lying is silly at best, if not downright harmful. What I’m talking about is more like what @Morningstarrising said… coloring the milk pink or something, to make someone do a double-take and giggle or laugh. But there is not deception or lying involved.
@radicalramblings - I’ve also HEARD (never done it myself) of people cutting a hole in an apple and putting gummy worms in there. It’s kinda funny, but pretty harmless, as far as I’m concerned.
However, I have heard of very harmful April Fool’s jokes, like where a woman tells her husband that she’s pregnant when she’s not and things like that. :/ That is really terrible, and I would never do that.
@Morningstarrising - That’s not a joke, it’s a lie. Harmless pranks that don’t involve lying are one thing… telling lies as a “prank” is quite another. I like the apple idea
@radicalramblings - Agreed. That is sad and sick.
I pulled up a website with lots and lots of ideas that were fairly harmless. Some of them were annoying (like setting alarm clocks to go off in 5 minute intervals) but overall, there wasn’t anything harmful or outright “lying” about any of the others. The website was a list of suggestions given by kids, so perhaps that is the reason – most kids are still fairly innocent.
@Morningstarrising - Or kids can see the difference, which is something adults apparently have difficulty with?
@radicalramblings - Ah, good point.
Oh, don’t forget about this Bible passage: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/matt/5/22#22
@radicalramblings -
yeah, i agree with you. There is a way to be playful without being harmful. Somebody telling somebody they put something horrible and giving them fear about it would be bad.