what if integrity isn't such a great thing...?

I'm just wondering.

Isn't faithfulness a virtue that the Christian tradition embraces which accounts for all of the valuable contributions of character that integrity offers?

It seems like integrity is most often used to police those who don't have it, and those who we laud for having it -- would be just as honored to be labelled as faithful.

I've made the argument for some time that there's not substantial support within the Christian tradition for the idea that:

lying is wrong.

Lying lips (or habits) on the other hand are a different thing altogether.

I guess one of the reasons I like the idea of faithfulness so much better is because it seems to couch honesty in the context of relationship and community. Whereas integrity doesn't account for the *conflicting* demands that often accompany the subaltern status in any group....