what does your religion say about backbiting(gossip)?
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love your neighbour as you love yourself!\ndo unto others as you would have them do unto you!
144546
No.  If you don't have something nice to say, you should keep it to yourself and mind your own business.\nThe Bible says when we die we will have to give account for every idle word we say. How ashamed will we be at some of our careless words and gossip?
646942
We are called to love NOT retaliate\n\nRom 12:14\nIf people persecute you because you are a Christian, don't curse them; pray that God will bless them. 15When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow. 16Live in harmony with each other. Don't try to act important, but enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all!\n\n    17Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18Do your part to live in peace with everyone, as much as possible.\n\n    19Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God. For it is written,\n\n   \n    "I will take vengeance;\n       I will repay those who deserve it,"\n       says the Lord.\n\n    20Instead, do what the Scriptures say:\n       "If your enemies are hungry, feed them.\n    If they are thirsty, give them something to drink,\n       and they will be ashamed of what they have done to you."  21Don't let evil get the best of you, but conquer evil by doing good.
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"For example, if you overheard a piece of a conversation where the person was saying how they could afford to buy something new, and you knew that they had debts with someone locally, would you confront them about the purchase or would you contact the person they owed? "\n\nI just took a tid bit out but you can see where I am taking this from.  Right there you are contradicting your argument.\n\nIn one section you are talking about eaves dropping and not getting into other peoples business. And in another you talking about confronting someone about someone else's problem.  You have a point I just feel that you are explaining your self the wrong way.  Gossip will happen all of your life in every place you go. Work, School, even Church.  \n\nI can understand that it is frustrating when you hear people do this, but technically you are doing it yourself and not even realizing it.  When you hear someone say something behind someones back and you tell your friend "Now that is messed up." and then rant about people being the way they are and talk about how they should say that to that persons face, you are just doing it yourself.\n\nLet me ask you this. If you hear someone saying something about your friend, you would confront them about it, but would you also go and tell your friend that so and so was saying this about them.\n\nBy no means am I cutting up your question I am just suggesting to you to take a closer look at the situation and realize that everyone does it to a degree, some more than others but we all do it.
656835
There are certain religion that have a long history of good or bad karma. Like one Paganism/Wicca people think of occult
1124947
i was raised catholic, though am not religious now. from past experience, i have noticed priests like to probe you if you give a vague answer. so if you say something like "I was mean to my brother", the priest will be like "what do you mean by that? you hit him? argued?" etc. so be prepared ;)
65414
yes. of course, everybody talks about everybody. so u don't expect they won't talk about u. but not the extent they will step on ur dignity or anything. Just trust them if they backstab u. they are not ur true friends. do u backstab them? so u r kinda suspicious? just asking. if u want them to treat u good, then treat them better!
963783
1) God, in his overflowing kindness forgave the sins of men.\n2) I apologised to my friend for my acts of indiscretion, which brought a bad name to his reputation.\n3) I hope my friend will forgive me for my misdeeds.
1080270
This the first good question i've heard all day. Despite what you have prolly heard, there is no such thing as backsliding. Another word for backsliding is sinning. And when we sin, we repent to God. That is the advantage of being saved. We don't have to go through another baptism(i'm guessing from your dialect that youre baptist), we simply ask for forgiveness.
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I think gossip and rumors are the worse thing in the world, and they do hurt no matter how much you were taught when you were little "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me."  All I have to say is if these people are your friends, they aren't very good friends and you should just find new people to socialize with. But the best thing to do is try and ignore it, If someone confronts you about it just tell them they must of heard it wrong and you would apprieciate it if they no longer talked about it.  Good luck.
927402
Beloved sister, we have all been reported.  You don't know for a fact who reported you; none of us do.  If the question is important to you, rephrase it and ask again.  Please don't take the violation personally.  I speak from experience.  I was hurt at first; but now I see that all of us are having a problem with Y/A violations.  \n\n"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also."\nMatthew 5:39
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If someone is imposing their will on yours, then you may kill that person.  That's how I understood it when I read the Satanic Bible.  The whole book seems to be very self-oriented; if anything offends you, get rid of it.  They are just as nuts as all the other religions.
1023514
What i thing is how does it affect his religion. come on people use your heads. it is bad in many religions if that is what you mean and it is looked down upon.
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Starting a rumor, can hurt someone, \nlistening to it makes no harm, unless you will continue it, and tell it to someone else.
19435
Gossiping, in & of itself, is talking about someone behind their back about things that they might not want shared with just anyone. Sometimes it also involves the sharing of information that the person doing the gossiping does not know to be bonafide fact. Where these two things are concerned, I feel that gossiping is hurtful no matter what.\n\nOn the other hand, if you are relaying information about someone else such as, "Shelly just had her baby & I just don't know if she is going to be able to handle being a mother." is more along the lines of a statement. I mean, we all talk about our friends & family & question this or that about their actions or whatever but, when it is in the form of an observation or a question, I don't consider this gossip.\n\nI've always tried, when in a situation where I suspect that someone is gossiping, to clarify statements & comments for accuracy & to limit my own comments to observations or questions. No matter what, we are bound to speak about our family & friends, however, I think there is a fine line between discussing, making observations about or questioning them or their actions & making statements that we can't verify as truth or know to be untrue. I feel that any time we engage in anything close to the latter we are being potentially hurtful or harmful to the person being spoken of.\n\nI always try to consider how I'd feel if I found out someone was making speculations about me & couch my comments about other accordingly. So, is gossiping harmful? I think so. Is expressing curiosity or interest in your family or friends harmful? It all depends upon how far you go & what you have to back up the comments made.
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thou shalt not commti murder\ni do it all the time though... i know i shouldnt\nbugs scare me htough(lol im a wimp and proud of it)\nbut if you pray and tell God you sinned and ask him to forgive you  he will forgive you\nhe is not one to hold grudges(from what they say)\nits one of the ten commandments. honestly i have no idea where in the bible it says that \nin my bible it says it at the end so you dont have to look for them in the bible if you dont know where they are\n\noh also the indians prayed before or after(i forget which) they killed an animal because it was an animal that god brought into this world\nso whatever you decide...
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I understand what you are saying.Some people do not want to offend. For example, in a class of 35 students, maybe five will be from a home with married parents.Some immoral people defend their action by saying that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.Whether you lie,steal, murder fornicate,commit murder, adultery or homosexual acts, all is sin and intolerable to God. When a person recognizes his/her sinful condition and is convicted,there is repentance.People like those who will overlook their faults, so they do not like to listen to sound doctrine.Besides,many believe the Ten Commandments went out with the Old Testament and we are in a new dispensation or the New Testament.This is why it is important to know what you believe and be an example of the believer in thought,words and action.