About this episode

The episode discusses the commandment 'You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour' and its implications for truth and trust in community.

Exodus 20:16 commands, "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour." While often summarized as "do not lie," this commandment specifically protects human dignity, community trust, and justice. We need it because we know it hurts when people lie to you or about you. We live in a world that spins truth as relative or categorize some lies as big and others as “little white lies.” Sometimes these lies are intentional and malicious, other times they are partial truths or misundersta...

Topics covered

• lying
• truth
• human dignity
• community trust
• justice

Keywords

• lie
• false testimony
• commandment
• truth
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Exodus 20:16

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