Tell the truth
Speak and act honestly rather than intentionally misleading others.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Do not bear false witness
Do not give false testimony, fabricate accusations, or knowingly misrepresent another person.
Comparative atlas · Original English corpus · Evidence before conclusions
A mapping is not a verified quotation. Workbook labels are preserved. An absent mapping does not mean rejection. We do not rank the moral worth of any system.
- Religious systems
- 31/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 10/41
- Represented systems
- 41/93
- Specific anchors*
- 14/41
59.6%
24.4%
44.1%
34.1%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Do not give false testimony, fabricate accusations, or knowingly misrepresent another person.
This is the atlas’s definition, not a substitute for a tradition’s own interpretation. Scope, exceptions and translations require review of each source.
Preserved calculation difference
The original index differs from recomputed unique-system or specific-anchor counts. Both are retained; the source file is unchanged.
All Systems: source 94 · recomputed 93
Overall %: source 43.6 · recomputed 44.086
Evidence, mapping by mapping
41 selected mappings
Zoroastrianism · Tradition-level research anchor
Do not bear false witness · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Avesta and Asha-centered ethics
Open original source ↗ www.avesta.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Iranian
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2980. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
History and geography: source limits
This edition does not supply a historical genealogy or coordinates for this teaching. Transmission, invention, population and geographic presence are not inferred from a mapping.
Explore connections in the same category
Shared systems in the corpus, not evidence of historical influence.
Do not lie
Avoid intentional falsehood, fraud, duplicity, and manipulative concealment.
Do not commit perjury
Do not make knowingly false statements under oath or solemn affirmation.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 68 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 65 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 98 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 9 |
| Religions Sharing | 31 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 59.6 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 10 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 24.4 |
| All Systems Sharing | 41 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 43.6 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 14 |
| Direct Evidence % | 34.1 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 40.9 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 35.2 |
Religion-weighted commonality