Just a point of correction I think should be addressed...

The Biblical commandment does NOT say "thou shalt not lie" (unless you are reading a poorly-translated version).

The accurate translation of the original commandment reads Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

This is an entirely different concept.

For example, if you read in the Old Testament about David, he lied to the Philistines pretending to be crazy in order to hide out from those who were seeking to kill him. He lied, yet the Lord God called him a man after His own heart.

Here's another example...if a gunman asked where your husband and children were because he/she wanted to kill them, you would not be breaking any commandments by lying about their whereabouts.

I hope this helps clarify a widely-held and often-repeated misbelief about this particular Biblical commandment. (I think it's important to be as accurate as possible about all the information that's being posted on this thread, whether Biblical, scientific, etc.)

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