Is lying always wrong or is it sometimes justified?
A lie is always wrong and never justifiable. If a woman asks you how she looks in a dress and you say she looks wonderful then later she gets a glimpse of herself in a 3 way mirror and sees how unflattering it is she will be more embarrassed than if you had simply said it perhaps wasn’t as flattering as another dress she owns. You will also lose her trust. Since other people use the Nazi’s as their excuse to sin, let’s say they came and asked you if you were hiding Jews, certainly it would be better to die a martyr for Christ and not to lie to save your life. You could remain silent or you could invite them to check your home, or ask them why would they suspect you? It would be better to have a fail safe plan to hide the people from these searches then to make yourself wrong with God by lying. If you are caught doing wrong, let’s say you ate your coworkers cookies from their lunch they brought from home, it’s better to fess up immediately and offer to replace the cookies then to lie, f
