Is it possible to live in this world without fighting?
What are some ways we can lie without speaking?
Sin and Friends
- What is it about gossip that causes people to enjoy it?
- Should the sins of other people be ignored as it is their business?
- How far is one expected to go in the investigation of corruption of others.
Be Just
- What do you think the authors means by the statement "we cannot have real compassion if we are not just?"
- Is bestowal of charity a breach of justice?
- Is it enough to "go and sin no more?"
Words Again
- Why which is worse, to speak too much, or to speak too little? Do we get in trouble more by having kept silent or by having spoken out?
- What are some ways in which we can speak more carefully, saying the same things?
- Which is more important, what we say or how we say it?
Two Sides to a Story
- What causes one to change their position about something they felt strongly about, is it more often reason or more often conviction of the Holy Spirit?
- Does a person who tells his or her side of the story realize that they are not giving the full truth? Is a person who fails to tell the full truth in a conflict guilty of speaking untruth?
- How easy is it to change opinions? What can one do to make it easier?
Be Truthful
- Is keeping silent when addressed, an option if the truth will condemn us?
- Are we guilty of untruths when we give a recommendation letter and leave out a person's weak points?
- Are we guilty of untruths when we speak at a funeral and highlight only the deceased good points?
- Is gossip okay if we have confirmed that the rumour is true?
