by Pope

Created on: August 05, 2008

So because recently all of my articles have consisted of debunking things Atheists say and addressing the great question of "Which Soda Is Best?", I've decided to write something slightly less offensive and a little less stupid, since I'm sure some people are getting ready to enlarge a picture of my face and use it as a dart board (which I would do too, if it weren't such an eyesore to enlarge up a picture of me.)

Anyway, to the subject of which I write (I seem to say something along the lines of that a lot). I think it's a pretty safe bet that at least once in everyone's life, there comes a time when we're not entirely truthful. We all have our reasons for straying from the truth; maybe the truth is embarrassing, or too hard to believe, or too awful to be heard. Or it could be that the truth could get you into trouble, or maybe someone you care about. And then of course there are reasons that aren't exactly noble, like lying for personal gain or lying just because you can. But I'm not gonna take the time to address all of these reasons, I'm just here to write about why I'm not always as honest as I try to be (I know it'd be a much better use of time to write about something other than me, but I have no excuse. Sorry.)

A few years back I decided that I was going to stop lying all-together and be honest, no matter what inquiry I was tackling. Predictably, I haven't lived up to that goal quite as well as I should. Normally, I'm honest about just about everything, and if a friend asks me a question I'll almost always answer it, no matter how strange or personal it is. But there is one question that I lie to, just about every time it's asked. Whenever someone asks me "Are you okay?" I almost always respond, "Why wouldn't I be?" Sometimes whoever's asking will just shrug and leave it at that, but sometimes the person will notice that I didn't really answer the question and ask again. At this point I normally lie and say that I'm fine. I don't lie because I don't want to talk about it, in fact normally talking about it is the exact thing I want to do. I lie because I don't want to bother whoever's asking with what's on my mind, or because I don't know how to get out in words what I'm feeling. But if someone has to ask if I'm okay or not, I'm usually not what most people would call "Okay". Still, I normally stray from the truth and try to avoid talking about whatever's bothering me, because I really hate to bother anyone with whatever's on my mind.

So obviously my No Lie Crusade failed pretty miserably, since the lie I just mentioned is told from my mouth pretty frequently. That's pretty much the only lie I tell with frequency, not that I stay on the path on truth all the time, though.

Anyway, I'm sure you'll all walk away from your computer much more fulfilled now that you know why Pope from Helium lies [not really, though].

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