Editorial October 27, 1986 Issue

Why the Ninth Commandment is so interesting

Allison W. Phinney

Who cares about the Ninth Commandment? We all need to!

Bearing false witness—lying—seems to play a startlingly large part in ordinary human life. It is what people do when they think it's necessary and possible to manipulate circumstances to their own benefit.

Whether it is lying about shoddy workmanship in space-shuttle contracts or obscuring business deficits or covering up personal immorality or subtly misreporting what someone else has said or done, it's a form of sin. And since it's sin, it is self-punishing. In other words, when we indulge in it, it's harmful to us as well as others. And most basic, we miss out on knowing the spiritual truth, the kingdom of heaven that is already ours.

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