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Lampo
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If someone asks me, “What is in that drinking glass?” and I say, “Coke Zero” then find out it was actually Diet Coke, did I just tell a lie?
Commonsense tells me that I did not lie in that instance. Does a lie require that the element of intention to deceive to be present? The reason I ask is the whole “Father of lies” argument I like to use. Basically, in the past, I have argued that Protestant doctrines such as sola scriptura, sola fide, OSAS, etc. are lies. But maybe the person who is presenting me with these arguments isn’t trying to deceive me. Probably, the person truly believes these doctrines to be true. It probably goes back to the Reformers and later Protestants too. They thought these doctrines were true, therefore not intending to deceive therefore no lie.
Commonsense tells me that I did not lie in that instance. Does a lie require that the element of intention to deceive to be present? The reason I ask is the whole “Father of lies” argument I like to use. Basically, in the past, I have argued that Protestant doctrines such as sola scriptura, sola fide, OSAS, etc. are lies. But maybe the person who is presenting me with these arguments isn’t trying to deceive me. Probably, the person truly believes these doctrines to be true. It probably goes back to the Reformers and later Protestants too. They thought these doctrines were true, therefore not intending to deceive therefore no lie.
