[A. Pole]

Interesting...you obviously don't read the Bible...

I read - do not give a false testimony against your neighbor - do not slander an innocent person. Bible does not forbid to make a white lie to survive or protect others. You do not know the Bible or you read selected fragments.

In my country people who spoke the truth to the Germans(about the resistence movement or hidden Jews) were ending up hanging on the tree or getting shot.

[MEGoody]

If you lie on a resume or in a job interview and you end up getting hired based on that lie, then you are cheating the employer by not having the experience you said you had. Deceit is always wrong.

Mark 7: 21-22 For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' "

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

No, the Bible does NOT condone white lies. And, sometimes you die for telling the truth (Jesus did.). Ananias and Sapphira (sp?) lied about the amount of money they received for land as a donation to the church. Both died.