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Question: If you say you are going to lie, then tell the truth, are those really lies!?
Since you said you were going to lie, but told the truth instead of lying, would saying you're going to lie be a lie!? Hm!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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If you say that you will lie, but instead you tell the truth, then the you've only lied when you said that you would lie!.

Look at it this way!.
"I am going to lie from now on"
"The sun is bright"
"The grass is green"
"I am taller than an inch"
"I am shorter than 50 feet"

Just because you said that you will lie doesn't make the rest of the statements false, because they're not, they're pretty true!. (depending on how tall you are O!.o)
But you contradicted your first statement, making it a lie!.

I don't know if that's clear, sorry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

NoWww@QuestionHome@Com

yes or vice versa a bit complex lolWww@QuestionHome@Com

Did you here the one about the man who was sentenced to death!?
They told him if him, 'You can make one statement before you die!. If you tell us the truth, we'll shoot you!. If you lie, we'll hang you!.'
'Here's my statement, then' said the man 'I'll be hanged'
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If you tell someone something that's not true your lying!.So if You Say Your Going To Lie And Don't You Are Lying!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Only the statement that you were going to lie was a lie!. The rest was the truth of course!.
Thanks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When I tell the truth it is the truth according to me!. My truth is if a person says they are going to lie and they tell the truth it is a lie, unless,of course, it was a lie according to them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Can you say paradox!?

KRISTI- Even if you lied, you would not be saying the truth, because it is not true!. If it was, then you lied about saying you were going to lie, in which case makes the first part of your statement false!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!. Because if you are saying you are going to lie, than telling the truth would be lying!. For example!.!.!. if you tell your mom you are goin to the mall, but instead you go to your boyfriend/girlfriends house then you lied about where you were going!. if you say your going to lie than it would be LYING, to tell the truth!. So in this case telling the truth would be lying!. How ironic!.

Hope i helped!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

On one side of a 3x5" card, write:
"The statement on the other side is true"
On the other side, write:
"The statement on the other side is false"
Regard both sides for quite some time!.
You are now prepared for a career in contract law!. (Lucrative!)Www@QuestionHome@Com

yeah!. you lied about lying and told the truth instead!.

take that dashka!Www@QuestionHome@Com