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Emmanuel Scofield I make private project researches across multiple discipl... • Ikeja • 1 year ago

<p>What's the difference between telling a lie and withholding the truth?</p>

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Emmanuel Scofield I make private project researches across multiple discipl... • Ikeja, Nigeria • 1 year ago

Abeg, @emmanueldaniji , @stellachukwu 's response is just complicated.

Complicated it when she said both are evil, should have just stuck with "the validation for the need to withhold truth would need its context"

Bigdan

I'm Jobless writing stories @ Guardian of Planet Mars • Lekki, Nigeria • 1 year ago

@stellachukwu I love your answer to @EmmanuelScofield question.

Gbam!

Stella Chukwu

Student @ University of Abuja • Abuja, Nigeria • 1 year ago

Both are actually wrong but "with-holding".. that depends on the context, or the person's motive

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Stella Chukwu

Student @ University of Abuja • Abuja, Nigeria • 1 year ago

On a surface outlook, there's no difference, but on a deeper level there is.

You can just say telling a lie is intentionally saying something wrong/false, while with-holding the truth is deliberately keeping quiet about what you know, you're neither telling a lie, or the truth, prefering to keep the information to yourself.

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