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Disagree…But that’s my job
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Hey Mark,
What if the excuse/lie is “white”, i.e., issued in order to keep from hurting the person it is told to? But then would any of us want to be on the receiving end of such a “white” excuse/lie? (I know, I hate it when someone answers my question with another question) I think what Alexander Pope is referring to is offering a rationale for lying. To my mind, an excuse implies one truly feels that they are excused from lying, for whatever reason. Here is another question: In the Ten Commandments, is it declared that it is a sin to lie? or is it specifically to not bear false witness against thy neighbor (a fairly specific type of lie)?
I appreciate your recommendation to read Ecclesiastes. I have read the summary, started it, but have finished it. From what I have taken in thus far, it makes an immense amount of sense to me. I have to admit, that I had a bad habit of using “Cliff Notes” to try and cruise through high school and college literature classes (did not always work).