Max and I went to the Wai'oli Hui'ia Church Sunday service this morning. I wanted to experience Hawaiian Christianity first hand, after reading about the huge influence Missionaries had in Hawaiian history.
Whilst a significant part of the ceremony was carried out in Hawaiian, the Sermon was given in English and it was about 'being honest'.
It made me think about how normal lying has become to me, to everyone (I assume). Telling half of the truth, or only a part of it, staying quiet, exaggerating...those are all ways of lying.
We talked about five common types of lies, and their main motives:
1) Calculating Lies we tell to benefit ourselves: 'I'm almost out of stock'
2) Cruel Lies we tell to hurt someone: 'She must not like you, otherwise...'
3) Conceited Lies we tell to out of insecurity: 'Oh yeah, I've done that too'
4) Convenient Lies we tell out of laziness: 'I'm sorry I have to leave, but something came up'
5) Cowardly Lies we tell out of fear: 'I didn't know'
We were encouraged to tell the truth consistently, completely and carefully, as 'the mouth speaks what the heart is full of'.
I thought I better start speaking what my heart feels all the time, or I will start always feeling what my mouth speaks. BOOM.
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