[sinkspur]

With something like that you could say nothing --- but would you lie for an adulterer?

It is not a lie to simply say nothing, or to not tell someone for whom the information is not their business that you know nothing.

[FITZ]

And anyhow you wouldn't likely know for sure that someone is committing adultery -- it would just be spreading speculation that could destroy a marriage so you would just tell the curious one it wasn't their business. I would not be able to lie to protect an adulterer either.

That's different than denying you believe in God though. I'm not exactly judging the man --- who knows what any of us would do with a knife to our throats --- but what is the best Christian thing to do? Considering that Jesus accepted a crucifixion for sins that weren't even his, what is the path we should follow?

[sweetliberty]

"or to not tell someone for whom the information is not their business that you know nothing."

In those kinds of situations I tell a person that it is none of their business rather than lie about it....whatever "it" happens to be. It has cost me at times, too.