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 Posted: Sun May 19th, 2013 11:23 pm
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Exactly as opposite as is religion opposite false religion, and here is where this meaning may only make sense to someone who is truly religious, since non-religious people or false religious people may consider all religion to be false. So the analogy does not work for them, but suffice to say that an honest factual communication of truth, such as "do not look directly at the sun for more than a few seconds because you will harm your eyes," is opposite a lie such as "please stare at the sun for as long as you can stand it because that is the right way to make your eyes work better for you."

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Exactly as opposite as religion is opposite false religion, and here is where this meaning may only make sense to someone who is truly religious, since non-religious people or false religious people may consider all religion to be false. So the analogy does not work for them, but suffice to say that an honest factual communication of truth, such as, "Do not look directly at the sun for more than a few seconds because you will harm your eyes," is opposite a lie such as, "Please stare at the sun for as long as you can stand it because that is the right way to make your eyes work better for you."