Lie as the anthropological destruction

Wyrostkiewicz, Michał (author), Petro, Marek (author)

The theory of post-truth and the conviction that absolute objective truth does not exist have many supporters in the modern world. A lie seen from this point of view appears to be one of the many ways people contact each other. The conducted research shows that this reasoning is incorrect. It proves that a lie is a reality that destroys those who have been lied to and those who are lying, as well as other people who are found in their environment. A lie drives people away from the truth, replacing it with untruth. In this way, it strikes a person and disturbs the order in one’s social environment. Thus, it becomes an anthropological destruction. This creates an “alternative world” that “competes” with God’s created world. Also, by rejecting God’s call to live according to the truth, man moves away from God and draws closer to Satan. The world “created” by a liar is not appropriate to human nature, it cannot become a space for his development, but is only regression and, consequently, destructive. The matter of lying and its consequences appear to be very topical today when the “power of disinformation” is being revealed more and more clearly

• Language: English
• Keywords: lie, disinformation, communication, morality, anthropology, social life
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 281-292
• Numbering: Letn. 83, [št.] 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164176
• UDC: 39:177.3
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2023/02/Wyrostkiewicz
• COBISS.SI-ID: 174625795
• Publication date in RUL: 17.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik = Theological quarterly : Glasilo Teološke fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Univerza v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Laž kot antropološko uničenje

Abstract

Teorija postresnice in prepričanje, da absolutna, objektivna resnica ne obstaja, imata v sodobnem svetu veliko zagovornikov. Laž se s tega vidika zdi eden od številnih načinov, kako ljudje drug z drugim stopajo v stik. Izvedena raziskava kaže, da je takšno razmišljanje napačno. Dokazuje, da je laž realnost, ki uničuje tiste, ki so jim lagali, lažnivce, pa tudi druge ljudi, ki se znajdejo v njihovem okolju. Laž ljudi oddaljuje od resnice in jo nadomešča z neresnico. Tako človeka prizadene, poruši red v njegovem družbenem okolju in postane antropološko uničenje. S tem nastane ‚alternativni svet‘, ki ‚tekmuje‘ z Božjim ustvarjenim svetom. Prav tako se človek z zavračanjem Božjega poziva, naj živi v skladu z resnico, oddaljuje od Boga in se približuje satanu. Svet, ki ga je ‚ustvaril‘ lažnivec, za človekovo naravo ni primeren, ne more postati prostor za njegov razvoj, temveč je le regresija in posledično uničujoč. Vprašanje laži in njenih posledic se zdi danes, ko se ‚moč dezinformacij‘ razkriva vse jasneje, zelo aktualno.

• Keywords: laž, dezinformacija, komunikacija, morala, antropologija, družbeno življenje