Q&A: Lying vs. Peace vs. Honoring One’s Parents
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Lying vs. Peace vs. Honoring One’s Parents
Question
An example scenario: the house phone rang, I answered, and the person asked me whether my mother was available or not, and my mother was standing right in front of me and told me / signaled to me to tell the person that she was not available. What should I do?
Answer
Say that she is not available. It’s a white lie, and I don’t see it as a very serious problem. Of course, it is preferable to say that she does not have time to talk right now.