can a lie be a lie

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Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 03:50 pm
lie be a lie
can a lie be a lie
 
Poseidon
 
Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 04:03 pm
@weezy phil,
yes,
and that's the truth!
 
weezy phil
 
Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 04:16 pm
@Poseidon,
Poseidon wrote:
yes,
and that's the truth!

is the truth a lie and a lie a lie about the truth
 
Holiday20310401
 
Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 04:33 pm
@Poseidon,
Poseidon wrote:
yes,
and that's the truth!


But that was already inherently a lie so how it that 'supposed-to-be' inherent truth a lie.
 
weezy phil
 
Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 04:37 pm
@Holiday20310401,
Holiday20310401 wrote:
But that was already inherently a lie so how it that 'supposed-to-be' inherent truth a lie.

but can that be a lie since a lie can be a lie and the truth can be a lie cause lies can be a lie so a lie is a lie when a lie becomes a lie is it a lie when u lie or just a lie
 
Holiday20310401
 
Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 05:05 pm
@weezy phil,
There is such a thing as 'cancelling out'. You know, (2)(6) / (2)(4). Instead of saying that fluff, one could say 6/4. I think this concept applies well to your last statement.
 
weezy phil
 
Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 05:42 pm
@Holiday20310401,
ok u win but just because u from canada
 
Justin
 
Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 06:12 pm
@weezy phil,
Multiplied by a thousand. Smile

A lie can be a lie. Actually, it takes one lie to cover another. Imagine a snowball rolling down a mountain and gathering more snow and getting larger as it rolls. This is a lie. One lie attracts another lie just as the snowball attracts the snow. The mountain of lies however, doesn't have a bottom it just slows down and speeds up.

So technically speaking, a lie is a lie is a lie is a lie.......

The question that we ought to ask ourselves is, can a lie become a truth?
 
boagie
 
Reply Thu 9 Oct, 2008 06:31 pm
@Justin,
Is not a lie the attempted negation of truth?:rolleyes: Truth can be as constant as experience, the lie has no such foundation but, it must know the truth before it can be lie.
 
Poseidon
 
Reply Fri 10 Oct, 2008 06:46 pm
@weezy phil,
if i see someone about to walk over a cliff
and i say

"you're going to fall!"

and he stops, and does not fall,

did I lie?
 
Didymos Thomas
 
Reply Fri 10 Oct, 2008 07:49 pm
@Poseidon,
Depends - "you're going to fall" if what? If he walks over the cliff? Then you did not lie. No matter what he does, he is going to fall - well, he will probably take a spill at some future time.
 
Poseidon
 
Reply Mon 13 Oct, 2008 05:23 pm
@weezy phil,
Its all about set theory.
(A lie is a lie) is the truth

In positivist terms:
(x+y) = z
 
 

 
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