Lies and falsehoods

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A lie is a falsehood. That is, something that is said or communicated that is not true (in reality). The Greek and Hebrew words for "truth" have to do with the truth of reality, not logic or opinion.

The ancient Greek word"ἀλήθεια" ≈ "truth, not a lie". The modern Greek word "αληθής" (a-lee-THEES) ≈ "truth".

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Here we are interested in "false" as being "not true" as in "not real" or "not in reality".

in two-valued logic, every statement is "true" or "false" and cannot be "true" and "false" at the same time.

Lies are statements that, in reality, are not "true" (in reality) and distort reality.

Invalid or deceptive logic or reasoning.
Personal opinion or glory.

There are many interesting quotes about "lies".

A lie told often enough becomes the truth. Vladimir Lenin (Russian revolutionary and politician)

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The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one, for they themselves often tell little lies but would be ashamed to tell a big one. Adolf Hitler (German dictator)

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What convinces masses are not facts, and not even invented facts, but only the consistency of the system of which they are presumably part. Hanna Arendt (Political philosopher)

Arendt, H. (1951). The origins of totalitarianism. 1968 printing. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., p. 49.

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People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to. Malcolm Muggeridge (British broadcaster)

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There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. Winston Churchill (British statesman)

How might one determine what is true and what is not true?

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2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: [kjv]

και δια τουτο πεμπει αυτοις ο θεος ενεργειαν πλανης εις το πιστευσαι αυτους τω ψευδει [gnt]

The Greek for "strong" is, from Aristotle, "actuality" so that the "strong delusion" is an "actual wandering/deviation/error" that is "sent" "into" the faith/belief. The KJV (King James Version) translates "into" as "that".

Planets in ancient times

The ancient Greek word "πλανάω" ≈ "wander about" and is the source of the English word "planet" as a "wandering star". The ancient Greek word"ψευδής" ≈ "lying, false, untrue" and is the source of the English word "pseudo".
Discussion question: There have been many speculations about this "lie". What are some candidates for this "lie"? What ideas that are "false" might be put "into" the faith?

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The modern Greek word "ψευδής" (psev-THEES) ≈ "false".

2 Thessalonians 2:11

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KJV: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Greek: και δια τουτο πεμψει πεμπει αυτοις ο θεος ενεργειαν πλανης εις το πιστευσαι αυτους τω ψευδει

Latin: ideo mittit illis Deus operationem erroris ut credant mendacio

In the beginning was the Lie and the Lie was made news and dwelt among us, graceless and false. Malcolm Muggeridge (British broadcaster)

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Answers in Genesis: Creation Museum and Ark Encounter

Ham, K. (1987). The lie: evolution. El Cajon, CA: Master Books.
Ken Ham promotes as a candidate for "the" "lie", not "a lie", in 2 Thessalonians 2:11, the belief in the theory of evolution.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: [kjv]

και δια τουτο πεμπει αυτοις ο θεος ενεργειαν πλανης εις το πιστευσαι αυτους τω ψευδει [gnt]

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Note that, using science, one cannot prove the Bible true nor false. However, attempting to get coded information from chance shows, with probability approaching 1.0, that there must be a creator outside of space and time (as we know it) and that, with probability approaching 0.0, the theory of evolution cannot be true (with respect to coded information arising by chance).

Note also that proving evolution false does not make the Bible true. Nor does proving a creator outside of space and time. Proving the Bible true (with probability approaching 1.0) requires additional logic and reasoning.

Details are left as a future topic.

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*G5579 *9 ψεῦδος (psyoo'-dos) : from G5574; a falsehood:--lie, lying.

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ψευδος *6

Ephesians 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth ...
1 John 2:21 ... and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John 2:27 ... and is no lie, and even as it hath taught ...
Revelation 14:5 And in their mouth was found no ...
Revelation 21:27 ... whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written ...
Revelation 22:15 ... loveth and maketh a lie.

ψευδει *2

Romans 1:25 ... the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and ...
2 Thessalonians 2:11 ... that they should believe a lie:

ψευδους

2 Thessalonians 2:9 ... and signs and lying wonders,

*G5579 *9 ψεῦδος (psyoo'-dos) : from G5574; a falsehood:--lie, lying.

Words: ψευδει=2 ψευδος=6 ψευδους

*G4106 *10 πλάνη (plan'-ay) : feminine of G4108 (as abstractly); objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety:--deceit, to deceive, delusion, error.

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πλανης *6

Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural ...
Ephesians 4:14 ... whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
1 Thessalonians 2:3 ... exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, ...
2 Thessalonians 2:11 ... shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
James 5:20 ... he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save ...
1 John 4:6 ... of truth, and the spirit of error.

πλανη *4

Matthew 27:64 ... the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
2 Peter 2:18 ... escaped from them who live in error.
2 Peter 3:17 ... lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from ...
Jude 1:11 ... of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and ...

*G4106 *10 πλάνη (plan'-ay) : feminine of G4108 (as abstractly); objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety:--deceit, to deceive, delusion, error.

Words: πλανη=4 πλανης=6

Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: [kjv]

τουτο δηλουντος του πνευματος του αγιου μηπω πεφανερωσθαι την των αγιων οδον ετι της πρωτης σκηνης εχουσης στασιν [gnt]

… propalatam … [v]

In some cases, the word "propaganda" is used to convey ideas that are not true (in reality). The English word "propaganda" is from the Latin word "propago" ≈ "propagate, extend, enlarge" and is related to the English word "propel" from the Latin word "propello" ≈ "forward" from the Latin word "pello" ≈ "push, move".

The modern negative sense of "propaganda" originates from World War I.

Hebrews 9:8

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KJV: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

Greek: τουτο δηλουντος του πνευματος του αγιου μηπω πεφανερωσθαι την των αγιων οδον ετι της πρωτης σκηνης εχουσης στασιν

Latin: hoc significante Spiritu Sancto nondum propalatam esse sanctorum viam adhuc priore tabernaculo habente statum

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise. Adolf Hitler (German dictator)

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Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow. Hanna Arendt (Political philosopher)

Arendt, H. (1951). The origins of totalitarianism. 1968 printing. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., p. 80.

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