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1)  To make a statement that one knows to be false, especially with the intend to       deceive.  

2)  To give a false impression. 

3)  Anything that gives or is meant to give a false impression.

Variations of the Lie:

1)  Derail:   To change the subject of discussion in order to avoid the truth.  For example, one might feign being offended in order to stop a conversation about       ones questionable actions.

2)  Misinform:  To invent or perpetrate a false story with the intent to deceive or mislead.  

3)  Confuse:  quibble, of confuse the issue, of deliberately use ambiguity in order to deceive or mislead.

The Lie of Omission:

A lie of omission is to remain silent when ethical behavior calls for one to speak up.    A lie of omission is a method of deception and duplicity that uses the technique of simply remaining silent when speaking the truth would significantly alter the other person's capacity to make an informed decision.   

The Truth About Lies:

A lie is not in the words, or lack of words; it's in the intention of the deceiver.

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To lie by omission is to remain silent and thereby withhold from someone else a vital piece (or pieces)  of information.   The silence is deceptive in that it gives a false impression to the person from whom the information was withheld.   It  subverts the truth;  it is a way to manipulate someone  into altering their behavior to suit the desire of the person who intentionally withheld the vital information;  and, most importantly, it's a gross violation of another person's right of self-determination.    Here's an example.

Have you ever heard the word, "spin doctor?"  This is the job title for the political publicly  people who intentionally speak only a part of the truth with the goal of deceiving their listeners and getting the listener to supporting the spin doctor's candidate.   The following two links will take you to quotes below on this page relating to lies of omission:

Mark Twain   From his essay:  ¹    On the Decay of the Art of  Lying

An Example Taken From ¹     An Interview with the Devil.^®

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Here's a strange fact about lies and about the telling of false stories that you may not be aware of.   The quote from Adolph Hitler, "Tell a lie often enough, loud enough, and long enough, and people will believe you." applies to the liar as well as to his intended target.   

There's a part of the human psyche that tends to accept that which is repeatedly put into the mind.   As a result, the peddler of lies very often reaches a point where he/she believes that his/her lies are actually the truth.   Very frequently, loving well-meaning people get caught in these false stories and perpetuate them.

    The Classic Example of this Occurs in Religion.  

Unless the reason for life on Earth is totally unknowable, there are only three possible answers to the Why-life-on-Earth? question  --  Christian one-life-ism --  Reincarnation, --   Atheism.  

Because each of these assumptions contains one or more major components that are in direct conflict with the other two, only one of these three assumptions can possibly be an accurate representation of Earth-plane reality, and at least two of them must contain major false beliefs.   This means that significant pieces of two  of the Earth’s major religious philosophies must be fantasy creations — products of the believer’s collective imaginations.   

In spite of this evidence, literally billons of people believe  (and tell their impressionable, pre-age-of-reason children)  stories that simply do not make any sense.   Why?   Because in this example, they, themselves believe that they are telling God's truth.   Most of these people accepted these unprovable stories  because that's what their parents believed.   

Please remember that, in this example, there are no Hitler-style bad guys.   There are simply well-meaning people telling stories that they, themselves, believe to be true.   Why do they believe these stories are true?   Because when people hear a false story often enough, loud enough, and long enough, they believe that it's true, particularly if:  1)   there are not being exposed to any alternative stories, and 2)  their minds were programmed to believe these stories before they reached the age of reason (about age seven).   

And besides,  "billions of people believe that their religion is the one and only truth. Therefore their religion must be the one and only truth."   But wait a minute!   Isn't that the same logic the inspired millions of people believed that the Earth was flat?

Reference:   An Overview of The Three Fundamental Human Assumptions:  Christian One-Life-ism, Reincarnation, and Atheism.   

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Nobody can prove with absolute certainty whether or not there is an evil being called "The Devil,"  but if there were and if we got him to describe himself, here's what he'd probably tell you:  

Let me assure you that any preconceived notions you may have about who or what I am --  about how I might look or act are totally false.   I am the greatest master of disguises, lies, illusions, cons,  and manipulations your world has ever seen.   I am an actor extraordinaire.   I could win Academy Awards Oscars for best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, and best supporting actress all at the same time, and never break a sweat.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, expects me to be who I am.   Nobody expects me to look as I look.   Nobody expects me to act as I do.   Humans are incredibly easy to scam because they rarely ever think for themselves and because they have a ridiculous, cartoon-character image of me as an idiot with horns and a pitchfork.   So long as I don’t look like that cartoon character, or look otherwise grotesque, most humans never see me coming, and here's why.

Lies, deception, and cons are my games.   Depravity, Sleaze, and Corruption, are my middle names.  Trickery, fraud, and hoaxes are my calls to fame.   I could sell snake oil to a snake oil salesmen, so don’t try to second-guess me or put any expectations between us.   I guarantee that, if you do, you’ll not only be wrong, you’ll also miss the essence of what I have to offer you.

If you'll think for just one moment, it will become obvious to you that no devil worth his salt would ever come out as an evil one.   All I have to do to create havoc and destruction here on Earth is to disguise myself as a promoter of what seems like a good cause.

I simply gather together a flock of mindless Would-Be Do-Gooders, and then, from a sacred place of trust and power and in the name of righteousness or some other illusion, I shower evil upon all mankind.   

I've pulled this trick off  thousands of times in the past, and at this very moment, I'm doing it right now, in dozens of different ways, right under your noses, and the vast majority of humans simply don't see it.   

I'll give you a hint.  Look into the concentrations of power.   Look into your governments, your major corporations, and your religious institutions.   Look at what they are attempting to sell you.  Look at what they are attempting to get you to believe, and follow this maxim:  "By their fruits you shall know them."   Look  under the surface facade and  see what things like:   religious fanaticism --The Patriot Act --The Federal Reserve -- the anti-abortion war, and several other strongly supported causes are actually bringing to humanity.   

To lie by ignoring or omitting the truth is my simplest and most often used tool.   I've got this sleaze-ball technique so thoroughly ingrained into human thinking  that most of those deceive by omitting vital pieces of the truth don't even know that they are lying.   Humans make a big deal out of lying by making a false statement, but completely ignore deception by lies of omission.   They believe it's OK to deceive by omitting the truth.   

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An Example:    

If you've ever watched the dramatization of  a court trial in a film or on TV, you've almost certainly witnessed the use of lies of omission.   You've probably heard an attorney asking questions of a witness for the opposing side.   At one point, the dialog was something like this.   "Yes or no, have you ever done  ___such and so___ ?"   Fill in the blank.   The attorney is attempting to get only a portion of the truth from the witness.  

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Here's a fictitious example from one of this author's books, responding this type of question:   

Attorney:   Yes or no, have you ever slept with two women at the same time?

Witness:   Yes,  (The attorney smiles because that's the answer he wanted.)

Witness:   (after a long pause) and no.    

Attorney:  Which is it, yes or no?  

Witness:   Yes,  and no.   (spoken with emphasis on "and.")   

Judge:   Answer the question

Witness:   Yes,  and no.   (again spoken with emphasis on "and.")    

Judge:   You are instructed to answer the question.

Witness:   (addressing the judge)   "I just put my hand on the Christian  Bible and swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and that is exactly what I am doing.   To answer only "yes"  or only  "no" would be lying.   I would be deceiving the jury into believing something that is not true.  

Judge:   Answer the question or I'll hold you in contempt of the court.   

Witness:   (returning his attention to the attorney)  "I don't know."     

Judge:   "Are you saying the you don't know if you've slept with two women at the same time?"  

Witness:  Of course I know

Judge:   Then answer the question?  

Witness:  Which question do you want me to answer?

Attorney:  Have you've slept with two women at the same time?"  

Witness:  That's two questions,  actually that's four questions.

Judge:   This better be good.  What are the questions?

Witness:   "I don't know what attorney  ___  means when he uses the words "slept with."   If he is asking did I have sexual intercourse with two women at the same time, I'd have to ask him if he can ride two horses with one ass.   It's impossible to have my cock in two pussies at the same time."   

Judge:   "I'll remind you that you are in a public court room.  I'll not have that kind of language in my courtroom."    

Witness:   "Excuse me judge, I thought that this courtroom and the processes that occur within it belonged to the people.  How and when did you take possession of this court room?"   

Judge:   "That's enough!"  

Witness:   "Yes, I agree.   Perhaps you should return it to the people.   You, of all people should know it's against the law to knowingly possess stolen property."

Judge:   "I said that's enough!"  

Witness:    (retuning his response to the attorney)   "Ok.   It's impossible to have my cock-a-doodle-doo  in two pussy cats at the same time.   So the answer to that question is an obvious 'no.'   If the question is "'Have I participated in a sexual liaison where I engaged in sexual activity with two women on the same occasion.'   Again the answer is 'no.'    If the question is about three women at the same time, well that's an entirely different story, and the answer is yes, but that was fifteen years ago when I was in college and has nothing to do with this case."    

Judge:   "Is that all?"     

Witness:   "No." (long pause) 

Judge:   "Well. . .?"     

Witness:   "If the question is have I slept, as in close your eyes and go into dream land, while in the same bed with two women, the answer is yes.   And that's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."

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Political Witch Hunter                 ...

If you voted for John McCain-bush, 

You also voted  for the entire Republican team

Here's one of the people you voted for!

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   Newt Gingrich -- Hypocritical  Political Witch Hunter     

Here's an example of hypocrisy taken to the extreme:    

Newt Gingrich, former Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, was the leader of the Republican witch hunt against President Clinton.   Gingrich and Company  spent eighteen million dollars investigating Bill Clintons sex life in an attempt to destroy his presidency.    

At the same time this ultra-conservative anti-abortionist was condemning Bill Clinton for immorality, he was himself having an adulterous sexual affair and had already been found guilty of lying to House of Representatives Ethics Committee.

In 1997, the House voted to reprimand Gingrich and fined him $300,000.   It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a speaker.   The action was based on House Ethics Committee findings (1) that Gingrich had used tax-exempt foundation money to promote Republican goals in a televised college course he taught and in televised town meetings, and  (2) that he lied to the committee during its investigation.

An update on the Gingrich hypocrisy:   On August 12, 2004, shortly after the popular, New Jersey Governor, James McGreevey,  acknowledges that he had had a homosexual affair and intended to resign his office, Newt ( the adulterer) Ginrich was on the Fox network's Hanity and Combs talk show badmouthing  Governor McGreevey for his immoral sexual behavior and calling for his immediate resignation.   Now here's the real slime-ball behavior:

1)   Ginrich Has been found guilty of misusing tax-exempt foundation money;

2)  He was found guilty of  lying to House of Representatives Ethics Committee

3)   He's the first speaker of the House of Representatives ever to be  reprimanded,

4)   He, in essence, bought his way our of this scandal by paying a $300,000 fine.  Now he's so lily white clean that all the ultra conservatives want him spouting his mouth off their radio and TV talk shows.

5)   While he, himself was  having an adulterous affair, he was spearheading the witch hunt against Former President, Bill Clinton,

6)   If you believe in the Christian Bible, he is still committing adultery today.    He divorced his wife and has married another woman,  a clear violation of the Christian values he publicly professes to follow:   
---  "... Do not commit adultery..."  Mark 10:19    
--  "... Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, 
           committeth adultery against her... "  Mark 10:11-12)

7)   And then he has balls enough to come on a TV talk show and condemn someone else's sexual misconduct.  
---  "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own
        eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote
         out of thy brother's eye."  Matthew 7:5 and  Luke 6:42
---  "... He that is without sin among you, let him first cast 
       the first  stone...  "   John 8:7

Shall we  talk about scum bags being let loose in the world.   Perhaps we don't need to.   Do you recall the line in the song "Where are the clowns?" 

"Don't you love farce?
 My fault, I fear
 I thought that you want what I want
 Sorry, my dear
 But where are the clowns?
 Quick, send in the clowns
 Don't bother
 They're here."  

If you vote for John McCain-bush, 

You are also voting for the Republican team

Gingrich is one of the people you will be voting for!

Gingrich was at the Republican convention on September 2,2008, as the Republicans went out of their way to distance themselves for George Bush and the existing Republican establishment.   They labeled themselves as reformers.   Karl Rove also showed up at the Republican convention and received an extremely warm welcome from the Republican Delegates.   

Can we trust the inmates to transform the insane asylum?  

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    Can You Think of Anyone who's Intention is To Deceive Others?  

Could the Christian Bible Have Been Distorted ^°   

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According the Christian Bible the price is spending eternity in a place that's very hot and extremely uncomfortable.   If you are supporting any activities like the ones described on the pages listed above, you would do well to read the pages titled:

Errors - Have You Ever Been Wrong . 

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    Quotes Relating to Lies:  

Mark Twain Twain Twain    

From his essay:    "On the Decay of the Art of Lying"

Among other common lies, we have the silent lie -- the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth.   Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all.

Taken From 
"An Interview with the Devil.^®.

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Big D   If you were in a state of extreme emotional stress and you had a very limited timeframe within which to make a critically important,  highly emotional,  completely irreversible,  life-changing decision, and I intentionally withheld from you a vital piece of information. which could significantly alter your decision, what would you call that?

T.L.C.   Technically, it’s a lie, a lie of omission.

Big D Why would you say that?

T.L.C.   Because that would be an attempt to deceive;  it would be an attempt to subvert the truth;  it would be an attempt to manipulate me into altering my behavior to suit your desires;  and, most importantly, it would also be a gross violation of my right of self-determination.

Big D   Ah, self-determination!   Freedom!   Liberty!   Sovereignty!   The greatest gift from God.   One day, you may yet taste its joys.   Have you heard these words from one of the greatest masters who ever walked the planet:  “Know the truth and the truth will set you free.”?

T.L.C.   Of course.   Everybody’s heard those words that Jesus spoke about truth.

Big D   Apparently our anti-abortionist friends haven’t.

T.L.C.   Why do you say that?

Big D   Because their actions suppress the truth and deny freedom.   They talk a good game, but when you examine the consequences of their actions, you’ll find the truth is intentionally withheld,. subverted, twisted, and/or hidden.  You'll find that hundreds of people die or live in misery for every embryo they save..   You'll find that peoples’ freedom to make their own free will decisions about abortion, about sex, and about numerous other aspects of their private lives have been severely interfered with by personal religious beliefs that have been promoted into secular law by the ant-sexual anti-abortionists.

Adolph Hitler

"Tell a lie often enough, loud enough, and long enough and people will believe you."

A lie is not in the words, or lack of words; it's in the intention of the deceiver.

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