I had previously asked a question about lying in fiction, but I feel I had omitted some important elements which I recently realized. I often write theoretical statements I am unsure of.
1. Does writing (not fiction) something untrue in itself, even if not shown or deleted, cause one to have uttered a lie?
2. Does speculation about something, where ideas are asserted without certainty, consist in lying as well?
I am mainly asking because I had recent intuitions that the way I wrote could be a form of lying, and that symptoms in myself -- such as inconsistency and great uncertainty -- could perhaps be linked to this form of false-like expression. Since the Buddha advised against lying even in jest, I wonder if my expression's closeness to lying is detrimental.
Thank you.
Asked by user7302
Jul 7, 2018, 03:16 PM
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