“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it”
Adolf Hitler quotes
Jhooth bolna paap hai!. Lying is sin – a basic lesson learnt, crammed and understood. Well I am not clear about the last one “Understood”. If lying is a sin, then would we all burn in the fire of hell, or is there an upper limit which keeps us away from that excruciating fire. Well, if lying is a sin, then why do we lie? Is there a day when we didn’t lie? Why can’t we handle the truth? Why the truth is bitter.
I have heard of lethal lies, white lies, bluffing and so many different types.
I feel the lies are much larger than we think them about. They are in our blood. At times we are not able to distinguish between a truth and lie. The lies that are not so deadly and they might lead us to the hell fire that is little less hot. Here are a few everyday lies:
Automatic lies: Got up late. Coffee spilled on important documents. The car refused to start. And someone asks: Hey how are you?
And here comes a Colgate smile and the automatic lie: I am good. Ding! Ding! Ding!
Conditional lies: Hello Dear, how do I look? (When she looks like a fat macaw!)
Now the answer depends on what is the destination?
His parents (A big grin): Oh darling you are looking fantastic.
Boss’s Party (A big grin): You have reduced; this dress is suiting you a lot.
Friend’s get together (A big grin): you are the smartest dear.
Her Parents, parties, get together (faint obvious artificial smile): good. (You still want to live!)
Save your a*s lie : who broke my favourite vase ?
and the save your a*s lies mutters out: how? when? I was not home! I was sleeping! I was listening to my I-pod! And the story continues.
To make someone happy lie: Oh No! What to do, I have been working out so hard for last two weeks but not lost even an inch.
Na na, you have lost. I could see it on your face. You are looking great now. That extra fat is wearing down.
Phrendly lies : ok, I could not get head or toe of what she writes, but since she is my “Phrend” I will comment on her post : You write so deep. Your writings make my day. Fantastic, awesome, lovely..and hum saath saath hain :)
Well, when lies make someone smile, are they still categorized as sinful? Of course I am not talking about crossing that thin line where they become deadly but the innocent lies, noble lies that make our tough lives a little less hell till we live.
Once, during the days when Japan Earthquake was prime news, I asked my son to keep all the toys properly in his cupboard. Next day they were in the same position I left them a day before. I asked him, why he didn’t do it, so he enlightened me with a gyaan : just in case the earthquake comes here, the toys will be a mess again and my work will go waste! And I was not able to digest the rarest possibility of truth. I wished he could have lied to me: I forgot, or my finger was aching.
Disclaimer: the post is result of overwhelming impact of the movie “The invention of lying”.
