The Truth About Lying

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The Truth About Lying

It is seen as one of the worse acts committed; it’s so bad that the bible speaks several times against it. However, it is something that each and every one of us does almost uncontrollably. I’m talking about lying and liars, or people who lie have a bad name in this society. But let’s be honest here, lying is a normal human aspect of life. In this society the overall moral and realistic view is that truthfulness is of virtue. But if one would try to imagine a world without lying, realistically thinking, it would be a world full of hurt and disappointment . Whoever said that honesty is the best policy, is lying.
First of all, lying is natural. It is not something that is learned, rather something that we as humans do biologically. Lying is something that is a part of us from birth. A good example is young children and the tall tales that they often tell. Children are not taught how to tell tall tales, it is simply something that is a part of them by nature. In saying that, I believe it is also important to mention that fact that most of these tall tales in which children tell are often very harmless and do no damage to anyone. Knowing this, it a wonder how people see lying as something so abnormal and wrong when it is something that the average human being does on a regular basis.
Studies show that the average human being lies 200 times per day. Even though a great amount of these are considered to be “little white lies”, if you consider 200 lies per day, 365 days per year, times 6 billion people in this world, you do the math. How is it possible to say that all of these lies are wrong and then go on to say that honesty would have been the policy or the better idea? Wouldn’t one consider the reasoning behind all of those lies and then further conclude that it is not safe to say that all of these lies are wrong? What needs to happen first, is the realization that not all lyin...