A simple question for an awesome mind.

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   gonzo62003posted 14 years ago

   Which one can we learn from most, a story thats truthful or one that is a lie?

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      tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      From both, if you have an awesome mind

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         Luciendaskyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         oo oo! I want to change my answer to that

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            tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            You're welcome. Do it !!

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            Luciendaskyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            consider it done!

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      ionericeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Instead of calling it a lie I would choose to call it a made-up story just like a parable.  Both can render a valuable lesson.

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         tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         a parable is not a lie. It's an easy way to show the truth to ignorant peole

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            ionericeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            It’s still not true regardless to what you call it.  It’s a made-up story just as lies are made-up stories.

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               tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Parables are not made up stories. They are metaphors.Metaphors are not lies
               
               Maybe you are too ignorant to see the difference

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                  ionericeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Anything that’s not real regardless to what you call it is false.  And you can keep your ignorant comment to yourself.

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                     tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     You make me laugh You know what a metaphor is ? I doubt that

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            tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Maybe you should read some parables. They're a good way to learn reasoning

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            \Brenda Scullyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            tantrum i can't believe that arrogant comment from you..... what ignorant people,

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      Waren Eposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      We can learn a lot from both, but only if we can discern the truth and the lie to begin with!

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      LEFT HAND OF GODposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      The truth can reveal a lie..........but a lie cannot reveal the trtuh.

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         Pr0metheusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Both, depending on context.
         
         
         
         Not true, consider the following:
         
         Q: There are 2 gates, one that leads to heaven and one that leads to hell.  In front of each gate there is one guard.  One guard can only lie, and the other can only tell the truth.  You can only ask one question.  What question do you ask?
         
         A: Ask one of the guards "If I asked the other guard which door lead to heaven, what would he tell me?"  Choose the opposite of how he answers you.
         
         The LIAR will lie about what the honest guard would tell you.  The honest guard will tell you what the LIAR will tell you.  An intelligent mind can learn from a liar.  It can also learn from the truth.

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            wyanjenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            very nice

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         Pearldiverposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         What an absolute load of BS - Sword!  A Lie is Measured against a Truth.  How else do you think we have measured your entire personna?

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            LEFT HAND OF GODposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Maybe you misunderstood what was meant.
            The truth is able to discern (reveal) a lie.
            A lie cannot discern the truth.

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         Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         The truth can reveal a lie. Yes, I'll agree.
         
         But a lie cannot reveal the truth. NO! I'll disagree. Because the truth that's revealed from a lie is how dishonest, those who perpetuate the lie, really are.
         
         Truth always finds it's way.

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            Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            A lie reveals the character of the liar; it's just as potent as the truth.

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               lgolden1911posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               I don't think it's just as potent as the truth because a lie stems outta the truth -- if there was no truth, there'd be no lie.  It is potent though . . .

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      Bibowenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Do we know that the story is a lie from the outset? If so, then it's a close call becasue we can learn much from lies known about ahead of time. Most of the historical lessons that guide us are, I believe, the mistakes of others. But, even though lies that are known are valuable, they only leave us with "what not to do" and tell us nothing about what we should be doing. So, I have to go with the truthful story.
      
      However, if we don't know the story is a lie, then definitely, the truthful story, because a story that is a lie (and we don't know it to be a lie in advance), is a deception and it could be a deadly one.
      
      So, I think I'd have to go with the truthful story as the most valuable.

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      mohitmisraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Depends on the depth of both stories.

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      candice5posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      For a start, How exactly can one ever tell if anything is a lie?
      You ask a question for which there can be only non factual answers, Bit of a waste of time dont you think?

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      mobilephone guideposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      both

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      lgolden1911posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      If you're talking about someone that's a blank slate, I believe the most can be learned from the truth.  If there's nothing there to begin with, and the situation's a lie, nothing will truly be learned when compared to the truthful situation for the learning from the lie will skewed with deception and misinformation.  And what are you really learning if you're deceived and misinformed?  I don't believe one can spot a lie without knowing the truth.

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       child of christposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       the biggest lies story is the one about draco the athenian  harsh  law giver,that affects in a negative way most everyone in the world and since it is by force everyone is eating it,I CAN ELABORATE ON WHAT I have said  and now the biggest truth story is the one about JESUS CHRIST and I also can elaborate well on both stories which is lies or TRUTH, AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

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          sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Are you feeling ok?

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       you only learn from a lie when you find out the truth about the lie, but you can learn a heck of alot that way...

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   Luciendaskyposted 14 years ago

   I think the truth story. When people tell me about their real life mistakes, it helps me know what I should and shouldn't do.

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   Rhianni32posted 14 years ago

   Its a toss up.
   With the truth you find out something new that is true that you can then carry on and apply the knowledge.
   
   With a lie you learn something about that person's character.

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   Jeramiposted 14 years ago

   That depends upon the kind of lie.
        A lie is a potential truth either for someone else or a different time.
        When the Wright brothers had said that I have flown, would have been a lie one day and a truth the next.
        Is there anything imaginable that has not happened to someone, somewhere, at some time.
        It is the details (who when where) that make the body of the story true or false.
   
       Therefore I would say ...equally

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   onetrueheartposted 14 years ago

   If people would just read the Bible and get back to God we would be copacetic.

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   JulietduPreezposted 14 years ago

   How do you know what is truth and what is lie?

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      Rayalternatelyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      My favourite answer by far!

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   ralwusposted 14 years ago

   Truth is mighty and may win in the end. Ain't nothing wrong with that, but it ain't so. A well told lie will have traveled half way around the world while the truth is putting on her shoes.

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   gandalfthegreyposted 14 years ago

   Each and every story has a home somewhere in History, therefore no story is a lie. To some person, somewhere in time it was a true story, sadly most are forgotten in the mists of time.
   Truth is in an individuals perception of the story. Tell a story in a crowd, then ask each person individually what it meant to them personally. The replies will span a broad spectrum, within infinite variations on your original story.
   Fun isn't it!

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   Dark knight ridesposted 14 years ago

   An open mind sees the lessons in both. Even Jesus used fables (which are acceptable lies, like fiction) to get his point across. When we look at it as a lie, for it's own sake, I think that when we pick apart the lie and find the truth behind it, our minds have learned more from the searching. And we learn how to look past the face of the lie, to tell the difference between lie and truth. A valuable experience.

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    Maximus591posted 14 years ago

    haha... intriguing one.  The question can be both philosophical or psychological. Maybe there is even an overlap between the two.
    
    I suspect there is no right or wrong answer.
    
    The question is merely a device to discover how the mind processes the dilemma,  there is no 'right' or 'wrong' answer... just the processes of the mind which the question reveals.

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    aoiffe379posted 14 years ago

    Whoever said that truth is stranger than fiction had an excellent point.Although some things are too good to be true, they are true so people do not believe it.People, for example, lie about their age; and there is no way of knowing unless you can check official documents. Some people have two or more IDs.I met someone who had IDs in her maiden name, married name and pseudonyms/aliases; and she got welfare support/ food stamps etc. Another person is disable and apparently her income is too high because she got less than $100- unless she is telling a lie. In our topsy turvy world, people believe a lie  because it sounds more logical than the truth.

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    maudine_05posted 14 years ago

    Of course from the truth, because this way you can also relate it to your own experiences

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