> My personal moral code is that lying is bad; this is an article of faith for me, a central tenet of my religion.
Do you believe truth can be known by humans, or that as a human you should try to be truthful, with truth as an ideal or as an entity that could act as a god/deity but may or may not be able to interact clearly with our world?
I think of truth as an ideal and concept that also could be an entity or related to the essence of an entity, but that knowledge of it is sparse.
Speaking for myself, I believe that some truth can be known by humans, but my faith is more about the ideal to strive for it. My Quaker faith speaks of "continuing revelation," particularly in contrast to originalism. But when I use the word "lying" I am very specific about an intentional act of deception. You don't have to get deep into philosophy or theology to figure that out, though there are always shades of whether the deceptive person believes their own lies.
Do you believe truth can be known by humans, or that as a human you should try to be truthful, with truth as an ideal or as an entity that could act as a god/deity but may or may not be able to interact clearly with our world?
I think of truth as an ideal and concept that also could be an entity or related to the essence of an entity, but that knowledge of it is sparse.