Is it possible to take a scholarship if you are not going to study?translated

Reader question:

Hello. My friends and I are visually impaired. A friend wants to negotiate with the college about a correspondence group “Programmer” for the sake of a scholarship. You won’t have to study much, just come for exams a couple of times a year. A friend advises me to study online and then become a massage therapist. But the computer is not mine, I don’t want to be a programmer. The situation is confusing. The state will pay, but we will not study. How to act like a Christian? Is it the sin of lying? Should I give up?

Ksenia

Priest's answer:

Priest Victor NIKISHOV

God bless you!

Your confusion tells you the correct answer. You feel that something is unclean here, and this feeling certainly does not deceive you. Rev. Abba Dorotheos says:

“When God created man, He infused into him something Divine, like a certain thought, which, like a spark, contained both light and warmth; a thought that enlightens the mind and shows it what is good and what is evil: this is called conscience, and it is a natural law.”

If conscience resists, then the path is not right, even if it promises benefits. You don’t want to study to become a programmer, a computer is not yours, and you are joining this scheme only for the money. This is not...