[Dog Gone]

And what is an Atheist's best argument for you always telling the truth?

I'll take a stab at that. It's because truth always wins. It can be buried or denied successfully for awhile, but truth wins.

And it's much easier to defend than falsehoods.

So why wouldn't it be the best policy for anyone regardless of religious belief?

[mrjesse]

I'll take a stab at that. It's because truth always wins. It can be buried or denied successfully for awhile, but truth wins.

And it's much easier to defend than falsehoods.

So why wouldn't it be the best policy for anyone regardless of religious belief?

Truth may always win, but it doesn't always get people what they want. Look around - people are lying all the time - even under oath these days! Why? Because they think that it will get them their goal better.

It well may be true that always telling the truth is a good policy because most of the time it is the best way to accomplish one's goal -- but it isn't always the best way to accomplish one's goal! (By the way, clever usage of 'policy' which is exceptable rather then "always" which implies no exceptions.)

Thus, without an outside reason to always tell even when it doesn't accomplish one's goal there is no reason for the atheist to tell the truth when it doesn't accomplish their goal.

-Jesse