Lying is sometimes pardonable
S. Bill Jimenez
7 May 2010
To: Ramon Philippines
Re: Lying for a good purpose
You made a good point. Lying serves its good purposes sometimes. The philosopher Sophocles once observed: “Truly, to tell lies is not honorable, but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.”
The Bible records the case of Samuel (1 Samuel 16:1-5). When the Lord asked him to go to Bethlehem to anoint David as the next king, he was scared of King Saul. So the Lord told him to say, “I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.” When he arrived the elders asked him, “Do you come in peace?” He replied, “Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.”
Although lying is pardonable in exceptional cases, it should not be habitual as some of our politicians are prone to do. Telling the truth is generally honorable.
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