There are times when lying is innocent and perhaps even expected, such as in matters of common courtesy when we tell someone it is nice to see them when we really dreaded seeing them. No one is deceived by these words, and no one is harmed by the attempt to be courteous, even if the truth suffers somewhat. And we don’t owe the truth to evildoers bent on hurting us (you can certainly be forgiven…
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