Would you continue the beautiful lie or tell the awful truth to someone who's dying?

Question

that someone being either your parents/close friends/lovers/spouses

what would you do?

if you were dying, would you want the truth or lie?

personally i would want the lie, why would you want to die in an awful truth when you are close to the end of the line..

Answer 1

beautiful lie----if the dying one cares to know (i doubt,  he/she couldn't be so clear minded i suppose)

If i were dying, i want neither.

Answer 2

The lie... spare me

Answer 3

hmmmmm. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints"

Psalm 116:15

That is neither a beautiful lie or an awful truth. It's a God thing so you have to decide for yourself. Personally I don't need any lies and I know the truth ( for myself personally anyway) God Bless one and all

Answer 4

I agree with you based on the following logic.

In emotional relationships, truth has little value until it is revealed. Having taken the risk of hiding the truth until the moment of death, it would be utter foolishness to reveal it at a time that the relationship is about to breathe its last. By the same logic, it is utter foolishness to hide the bitter truth at the beginning of a relationship that has a long way to go, since the risk of getting caught in the lie is very high.

Simple logic, isn't it?

Answer 5

Whatever necessary to ease that passing and calm the person.

Answer 6

Since your question doesn't define the particular lie or truth in the circumstance of impending death, a reasoned answer is hard to give.

What makes a truth awful, or a lie beautiful?

If your question is about whether or not to tell someone they're dying, I would tell them, in the best and kindest way I could, if they were lucid enough to understand. That is often a beautiful and needful truth.

However, if I used that opportunity to tell the dying person a painful and hurtful truth ("I just called to say I hate you and I killed the dog.", etc), I'd define that as an "awful truth".

A lie given to spare suffering can sometimes be helpful, it may be a blessing, but it's rarely beautiful.

Answer 7

i guess it would depend on the lie, but generally i would probably use the same discrimination when selecting whether not to lie that i would answering this question, so if i started the lie in the first place i'd probably keep it.

but if for some reason i had lied somehow in a way to protect myself or someone else or something and the lie put the person dying in negative light or something, then i would say the truth for sure. i guess that might be a beautiful lie, but anyways basically at this point i would feed only positive things for the person dying. so i would continue the lie or tell the truth depending on which is most positive to the person dying.

Answer 8

Personally, I would want truth.

I would say, I hope, whatever is expedient and beneficial to the dying person. But I would not want to lie about what I know to be true to "comfort" their transition.

Answer 9

Tell me the truth and let me go with dignity.  Plus, it would be a great burden lifted from that parent/friend/spouse.  Death is the time to put all your cards on the table, make peace, and forgive.  Whatever the lie was will probably appear minuscule in the face of death and just won't matter anymore.

Answer 10

I want the truth let me know im going to die i dont want it to surpirse me