{"id":122,"date":"2011-10-09T05:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T05:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=122"},"modified":"2011-10-09T05:33:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T05:33:29","slug":"qa-%e2%80%9chow-do-we-deal-with-people-who-are-lying-to-us%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2011\/10\/qa-%e2%80%9chow-do-we-deal-with-people-who-are-lying-to-us%e2%80%9d.html","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: \u201cHow do we deal with people who are lying to us?\u201d (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Question submitted via Formspring<\/a>:
\n\u201cHow do we deal with people who are lying to us? And still be positive about it when we know that they are fooling us. Thanks Dave\u201d<\/p>\n

The first question is: how do you KNOW they are lying to you?
\nIs it something you can prove, like they tell you they didn\u2019t eat the last piece of cake while you *saw* them eat it? Or they tell you they aren\u2019t cheating on you, while you believe they are?<\/p>\n

There is a world of difference between what you can empirically prove and what you simply believe (assume) to be true.
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