I am having some relationship problems with my parents this summer for some, possibly not so odd, reason. I was walking down the hill today to go home and the thought of me always considering what to tell my parents when I get home popped in my head. Do I say a lie or do I say nothing at all? Then the words "lie by omission" came to mind. I decided to really check out what that means, beacuse I remember hearing about it from church lol.
According to Wikipedia, the definition is as follows: "One lies by omission by omitting an important fact, deliberately leaving another person with a misconception. Lying by omission includes failures to correct pre-existing misconceptions. An example is when the seller of a car declares it has been serviced regularly but does not tell that a fault was reported at the last service. Propaganda is an example of lying by omission". With this information I ask myself again, am I still lying to my parents when I don't say exactly where I am going and/or what I am going to do?
What do you think? Let me know. Leave your comments below :)
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