Why Do People Lie?
Rarely do honest people lie. They always prefer truth to lies. This is in contrast to untruthful people who lie more frequently, maybe than is necessary (as some might say). Thus, it goes without saying no human being is immune to saying the truth at all times. Even honest people lie but at a rate that is lower than dishonest ones. Of course, we do know it’s not good to be economical with truth but once a person has been caught or has been asked why he lied he might say, “It was necessarily at that moment.” There is nowhere in the world whereby being dishonest is time-honored as an acceptable norm though there are people who argue it’s the case.
It should be noted that being insincere is not only limited to lying to others. Even a person can lie to himself. The questions that crops up in the minds of people are: what …show more content…
This is because people who lie want to:
2. To Cover Up Their Tracks
They want to cover their previous lie(s). When a person lies, he will tend to lie again so that people will not become conscious he had lied or had been lying several times. The problem with trying to cover up the other lies is that the person might forget what he lied about. He might try hard to remember but find it hard to remember the words he uttered in form of lies.
Therefore, the person will receive looks of disbelief, mistrust and astonishment from other people. It is very hard for a lying person to cover up his previous lies just as it is hard to remember the honest words you uttered six months ago. We don’t remember everything. Consequently, if you always lie will you remember how you lied or what you lied about seven months ago when an issue arises which requires you to remember whether you lied and if so how did you lie about that something?
The person will always try his level best – work hard – to remember every lie so that he won’t be caught in his own lies which is very
Rarely do honest people lie. They always prefer truth to lies. This is in contrast to untruthful people who lie more frequently, maybe than is necessary (as some might say). Thus, it goes without saying no human being is immune to saying the truth at all times. Even honest people lie but at a rate that is lower than dishonest ones. Of course, we do know it’s not good to be economical with truth but once a person has been caught or has been asked why he lied he might say, “It was necessarily at that moment.” There is nowhere in the world whereby being dishonest is time-honored as an acceptable norm though there are people who argue it’s the case.
It should be noted that being insincere is not only limited to lying to others. Even a person can lie to himself. The questions that crops up in the minds of people are: what …show more content…
This is because people who lie want to:
2. To Cover Up Their Tracks
They want to cover their previous lie(s). When a person lies, he will tend to lie again so that people will not become conscious he had lied or had been lying several times. The problem with trying to cover up the other lies is that the person might forget what he lied about. He might try hard to remember but find it hard to remember the words he uttered in form of lies.
Therefore, the person will receive looks of disbelief, mistrust and astonishment from other people. It is very hard for a lying person to cover up his previous lies just as it is hard to remember the honest words you uttered six months ago. We don’t remember everything. Consequently, if you always lie will you remember how you lied or what you lied about seven months ago when an issue arises which requires you to remember whether you lied and if so how did you lie about that something?
The person will always try his level best – work hard – to remember every lie so that he won’t be caught in his own lies which is very