if lying in court were necsessary to save a life-would you?

if you needed to lie in court to save an innocents life-would you do it? for example telling a Muslim court someone was a christian and costing them their life.

honesty morals religon christianity values ethics islam

asked Jul 20 '10 at 15:53

mnymj
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A Muslim lied in bankruptcy court, and ended up costing me thousands of dollars ... I'm still recovering >=0\

(Jul 20 '10 at 16:07) r0bErT4u

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No. I love God more than anything. Telling the truth under oath is more than my life. Once you lie under oath, not only do you go to hell, but you also may be convicted of perjury. When you're there, you really have to think, God is watching everything you do, and you swore with your right hand over the Bible. I just don't know how people can lie under oath...

answered Jul 20 '10 at 15:58

AppleHack23
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bible says you can lie to save a life. saving the life is more important.

(Jul 20 '10 at 18:25) mnymj

if they where innocent, why would i have to lie? if some one where to frame someone else and i knew it, why dont i state that? if i am found lieing it could lead to a mistrial and the innocent man will have to spend more time in jail waiting a new trial...

answered Jul 20 '10 at 16:33

trueb
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First of all, the whole question came off kind of racist seeing as how you portray Muslims like that. Secondly, I would lie in court because if it saved someones life who was innocent and did absolutely nothing wrong, then I would do it just because I'm sure "God" would forgive us because we did the right thing.

answered Jul 20 '10 at 16:11

luigiman20
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I am actually thinking of the Antichrist against Christians in the end time. Islam is the biggest discriminator on earth don't think so? show me a church or synagogue in Saudi Arabia, in any majority Muslim country. can't do it.

(Jul 20 '10 at 18:28) mnymj

0	Nope. I would never lie in court, no matter the circumstance. If you did lie, it would be at someone else's cost. answered Jul 20 '10 at 16:31 alexleiphart 1.9k●26●34●55 if you don't the cost is a life, still won't? (Jul 20 '10 at 18:29) mnymj

Depends on whether the specific life at risk is worth it, looking at the "Greater Good" picture. Not just some random shmuck, no. To save my own, yes :)

Of course I wouldn't really lie; I'd simply convince myself this new point is the real truth. So it becomes a non-lie.

answered Jul 20 '10 at 18:28

tsilb
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0	why would this ever happen? you would never need to lie to save someones life, give me an example of when you may need to lie to save someones life. i cant think of any? answered Jul 20 '10 at 18:33 Headwards 4.5k●66●87●126

0	why would this ever happen? you would never need to lie to save someones life, give me an example of when you may need to lie to save someones life. i cant think of any? answered Jul 20 '10 at 18:33 Headwards 4.5k●66●87●126

0	Would you put peanut butter in a ham sandwich?!? I think not! answered Jul 20 '10 at 20:49 Matthew B 1.3k●52●62●82

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