Not even.
" Bearing false witness, in the old days, meant to condemn someone else by making shit up. It doesn't include innocuous lies."
That's how I interpret the commandment. I use it in the everyday sense, where there are consequences as far as the other person's credibility is concerned, but no serious legal consequences.
I frequently find myself the subject of a whole lot of neighbourhood gossip, most of which is a load of horseshit. I'm a single mom and don't always give enough fucks to invent some absent fiancee or w/e to get the gossips off my back.
Occasionally, a particularly creative busybody will get it in her stupid head that I have designs on her man (when I don't) and she'll start making shit up first. What's there to do but fight fire with fire? xD
We do it here all the time. In this century, on teh interwebz, we call it a roast and do it for fun.
Idk if there is any debate among contemporary Xtians about this. The ones I know say that a lie is a lie is a lie and don't ever lie... (meanwhile, they lie their faces off.)
My own view is that our lies are like our fists. I do my best to fully understand what kind of harm my lies will do to another person before I fight them, and then, only in self defense. Certain lies have the impact of a blow to the sternum or the windpipe. I never tell that type of lie. For example: If I say that somebody is suspected of rape or child abuse, it's bc I believe it, and I quote a source. I also don't pass that kind of info on to anybody with the authority to prosecute. I'm careful not to say those things in front of people who might call the cops if I didn't actually witness the crime myself.
I've called the cops 3 times in my life. Twice: I was bleeding. Once: somebody else was bleeding. All 3 times the cops did nothing. From what past experience with actual crimes has shown me, it would be rather pointless to lie to the cops to try to get somebody else in trouble anyway. So again, I've never lied when the lie had the potential to do serious legal harm to another person's life.
But hell yes I'll put spin on another liar's words when I catch a whiff of a whisper campaign that could potentially make life difficult for me. To carry the fight analogy further, those would be my aikido lies xD That level of defensive falsehood is acceptable, imo.
Then there's your roasting, which could be likened to playfighting. It's more than acceptable. It's a requirement for building up creativity and imagination :)
I spread a rumor about a guy indicating that he's into beastiality and fucks animals, which was a lie.
I spread a rumor about a girl indicating that she is a rape victim, which was also untrue.
I told a girl that her friend says nasty things about her behind her back just so I could destroy their friendship, and that too was untrue.
I've probably spread a couple of other rumors about certain people as well just for personal amusement or to destroy their credibility etc. I can't remember everything I've said and done in the past.
Although it can be amusing, spreading rumors is not something I normally have much interest in doing. So, I doubt there is much more to tell anyway.
Occasionally, a particularly creative busybody will get it in her stupid head that I have designs on her man (when I don't) and she'll start making shit up first. What's there to do but fight fire with fire? xD
does this mean she gets her wish? if so <3<3<3
"1. You shall have no other gods before Me."
Seeing as I believe in no gods at all, I technically haven't broken this one.
"2. You shall not make idols."
I think I'm okay here.
"3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain."
I don't recognize said "lord", and my use of the phrase "God damn it" is related to deities as a whole, not any specific god. I'm technically in the clear here.
"4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
Assuming that this is meaning to simply not work on that day, the most work I recall doing on a Sunday was homework, and said homework was years ago. While I don't prescribe to the religion, my circumstances seem to conform to it regardless.
If drinking on Sunday is considered not "keeping it holy", then I guess this one is technically broken.
"5. Honor your father and your mother."
They're good people who try hard. It's hard to not honor them when they've earned said honor.
"6. You shall not murder."
Murder is so not me.
"7. You shall not commit adultery."
I am not married and have never had sex with someone who was, so I'm fine here.
"8. You shall not steal."
I've stolen something once, so I've broken this one.
"9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
The truth in the right words gets me what I want.
"10. You shall not covet."
I don't care enough about myself and I have enough patience to get that which I want that can be realistically achieved.
So... I've broken one to two commandments, all thanks to locking myself out of my own bathroom and needing a decent lock picking tool when I couldn't afford it and from wanting to find a way to combat my insomnia. I almost succeeded at being pure...
"does this mean she gets her wish? if so <3<3<3"
If you're asking if I fuck the stupid husband just to be a cunt... yes. Ofc I do. ]:D
Not if he looks like that weird fish guy, tho. lol
Whether he looks good enough for a hatefuck or not, I will almost always spread the same kind of vile rumours about a person that they spread about me, just to lessen their credibility and stop the campaign against me before it does any damage. Unless the hatefuck undoes the marriage. Then I consider my tough love duties fulfilled bc that marriage was looking for an excuse to undo itself anyway.