09/08/17 ACCUSATIONS FALSELY MADE

09/08/17 ACCUSATIONS FALSELY MADE

A friend of mine posted this quote.
People forget years and remember moments. -Ann Beattie, novelist (b. 8 Sep 1947)

DLG COMMENT

The Problem

It is so true. Sadly, even if the moment they remember is a negative memory, which is either false of thwarted.
It is even sadder if the false memory stands between people.
It becomes even more tragic if

that false memory or

that exaggerated memory or

that misunderstood moment or

that deliberate lie

is told to other people as if it is the truth or as if it is an accurate retelling of a moment in time.

Just like a bullet from the barrel of a gun, words that are spoken or written cannot be put back. The damage is done. Usually the one who pulls the trigger in character assassination goes on with life, while the victim suffers many different kinds of losses.

The Solution

This problem would be solved if folks would just do what God says to do.
He says to not bear false witness.
He says not to accept an accusation unless it meets certain criteria.
He says to love one another.

That would take care of gossiping and slander and misrepresentation.

That would also take care of truth telling for the purpose of hurting someone.

This passage could save untold numbers of broken relationships and spare untold millions the agony of being hurt by false accusations.

1 Corinthians 13:4-6
(4) Love suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
(5) Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
(6) Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

The Danger
Sometimes a truth is told in such a way that it implies a lie.
Sometimes a half truth is told, implying a whole lie.

My observation has been that people who tear others down have been spared incredible sorrow and suffering because someone chose to spare accuser the agony of public ridicule.

And don't forget, Satan is called, the accuser of the brethren.