{"id":274,"date":"2010-04-28T17:24:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/04\/is-lying-wrong.html"},"modified":"2010-04-28T17:24:50","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:24:50","slug":"is-lying-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/04\/is-lying-wrong.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Lying Wrong?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is lying wrong?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>How about cheating?&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Stealing?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My 1970s\/80s upbringing was clear. While&nbsp;moral dilemmas like a person stealing food for a hungry child or a guest politely telling someone that dinner tastes great when the chicken is dry may have been debate-worthy topics in a philosophy class,&nbsp;<i>lying, cheating and stealing were just wrong.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: normal\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Is that still the case? I&#8217;ve heard different takes on this and would love to hear your thoughts&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is lying wrong?&nbsp; How about cheating?&nbsp; Stealing? My 1970s\/80s upbringing was clear. While&nbsp;moral dilemmas like a person stealing food for a hungry child or a guest politely telling someone that dinner tastes great when the chicken is dry may have been debate-worthy topics in a philosophy class,&nbsp;lying, cheating and stealing were just wrong.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-growth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Lying Wrong? - Flirting with Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/04\/is-lying-wrong.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Lying Wrong? - Flirting with Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is lying wrong?&nbsp; How about cheating?&nbsp; Stealing? 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