Tacit deception as opposed to telling a lie

[McatholicN]

Is it just as sinful (assuming all other necessary requirements for sin) to attempt to deceive by one’s actions as it is to speak an outright lie? How about in these instances?

• Person A is in a school play and everyone in it is to wear their costume to school the next day. However, person A is embarrassed to wear their costume around friends who don’t know that he’s in the play. So when person A decides to wear regular clothes to school the next day, he is deceiving people into thinking that he is not in the play because the rest of the cast is wearing their costumes.
• Person B decides, for a legitimate reason, to make another CAF account. He may be deceiving other CAF members into thinking that this is a different person - not the person they know from his other account.
• Person C is writing something personal when he sees person D coming. He switches papers with a report he’s writing, thus deceiving person D into thinking that this is what he was doing all along.

Thanks!

 

[Catholic90]

Re: Person C. It is of no business to D what C is doing, so it is not a sin.

Re: Person B: CAF has rules. Check what CAF’s rules are. They should be followed.

Re: Person A: Probably not a sin. However, he is not a team player and will likely be ostracized by the rest of the cast and likely not be cast in any more roles in plays by the director. Actions have consequences.

 

[thistle]

Is it just as sinful (assuming all other necessary requirements for sin) to attempt to deceive by one’s actions as it is to speak an outright lie? How about in these instances?

• Person A is in a school play and everyone in it is to wear their costume to school the next day. However, person A is embarrassed to wear their costume around friends who don’t know that he’s in the play. So when person A decides to wear regular clothes to school the next day, he is deceiving people into thinking that he is not in the play because the rest of the cast is wearing their costumes.
• Person B decides, for a legitimate reason, to make another CAF account. He may be deceiving other CAF members into thinking that this is a different person - not the person they know from his other account.
• Person C is writing something personal when he sees person D coming. He switches papers with a report he’s writing, thus deceiving person D into thinking that this is what he was doing all along.

Thanks!

Just ridiculous.

 

[McatholicN]

Re: Person C. It is of no business to D what C is doing, so it is not a sin.

Isn’t person C still purposefully causing person D to believe something which isn’t true, despite C’s privacy?

Re: Person B: CAF has rules. Check what CAF’s rules are. They should be followed.

I read that multiple accounts are fine for legitimate reasons; correct me if I’m wrong. What I’m concerned about is whether that would constitute an immoral action by making others think that the two accounts are not of the same person (which may be a reason one would want to make another account).

Re: Person A: Probably not a sin. However, he is not a team player and will likely be ostracized by the rest of the cast and likely not be cast in any more roles in plays by the director. Actions have consequences.

It seems to me that these are, temporally, probably rather harmless deceptions, like this example. It would still be deceiving, though.

Just ridiculous.

Why do you say that?

 

[ahs]

Isn’t person C still purposefully causing person D to believe something which isn’t true, despite C’s privacy?

No. Person C is protecting his/her Biblical boundaries. Person D shouldn’t be paying any mind to what Person C is writing unless Person C invites Person D to view it, so it doesn’t matter if Person C swaps papers suddenly. It’s an issue regarding a right to privacy, not deception.

 

[thistle]

Isn’t person C still purposefully causing person D to believe something which isn’t true, despite C’s privacy?

I read that multiple accounts are fine for legitimate reasons; correct me if I’m wrong. What I’m concerned about is whether that would constitute an immoral action by making others think that the two accounts are not of the same person (which may be a reason one would want to make another account).

It seems to me that these are, temporally, probably rather harmless deceptions, like this example. It would still be deceiving, though.

Why do you say that?

Your scrupulosity is at work again asking you come up with more threads asking if everything is a sin.