Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Theology of Telling Lies

I am now just looking at this. Janet Smith at First Things has
Fig Leaves and Falsehoods-Pace Thomas Aquinas, sometimes we need to deceive.
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4 comments:

  1. Lazy DiscipleMay 19, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    YEs, James: the whole point in all of this is that not every deception is a lie.

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  2. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 3:22 AM

    False witness is a mortal sin. End of discussion.

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  3. James HMay 19, 2011 at 6:05 AM

    Nick I guess this my thing. If that is the case then why has the Church been pretty silents as countless policemen, Agents, etc deceive or lie as a regular part of their jobs. Like drug operations, etc.

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  4. Lazy DiscipleMay 21, 2011 at 6:17 AM

    Sure, NIck: what is "false witness"?

    http://fidetrat.blogspot.com/2011/02/thoughts-on-liveaction.html

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