Nothing But The Truth
Remember the old Disney cartoon “Pinocchio”? This was about a puppet brought to life by a fairy that tells him he can become a real boy if he proves himself “brave, truthful, and unselfish.” Pinocchio then faced a variety of temptations. Whenever he didn’t tell the truth, his nose would grow. In real life, “Truthful words stand the test of time, but lies are soon exposed.” (Proverbs 12:19) One time I witnessed to a young man who professed to be a Christian but admitted to telling a few lies. Yet he didn’t think anything was wrong with that as long as it helped somebody else. That reminded me of a well-known religious person who also justified lying. Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church once said, “If you tell a lie to make a person better, then that is not a sin.” He further added, “Even God tells lies very often; you can see this throughout history.” Apparently, Rev. Moon does not know the God of the Bible very...