When asked "Do these pants make my ass look huge?"

when you know that the lie you are about to tell is going to save someone's life,or dignity or something else really really important,I think its called a "white lie".....

There are only certain times when I would lie and those times would be when evil is so pervasive, that there was no guiltless choice that could be made eg 1) I am hiding someone from an oppressor. They arrive and ask me if there is anyone in the house. I have to say no. as in Corrie Ten Boom's book "The Hiding Place". As with the hiders of the Frank family in Holland. 2)In Exodus 1, 15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live. 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live? 19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive. 20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. Did God reward the midwives because they lied? NO. Lying is still lying, and would have to be atoned for (in their case, retrospectively by the death of Jesus), but they made the best choice in an otherwise impossible situation.

when to tell the truth may be hurtful to others or may do more harm than good.

Must Read for Every Man and of course Woman (to understand man) If a female is reading this article then just realize the value of a man; And , if its a male then feel proud of after reading it! "One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water, and he needed the axe to make his living. The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. The woodcutter replied, "No." The Lord again went down and came up with a silver Axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. Again, the woodcutter replied, "No." The Lord went down again and came up with an iron Axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. The woodcutter replied, "Yes." The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happy. Some time later the woodcutter was walking with his wife along the riverbank, and his wife fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?" "Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!" The Lord went down into the water and came up with ANGELINA JOLIE "Is this your wife?" the Lord asked. "Yes," cried the woodcutter. The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is a lie!" The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to ANGELINA JOLIE , You would have come up with CAMERON DIAZ . Then if I said 'no' to her, you would have come up with my wife. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. so THAT'S why I said yes to ANGELINA JOLIE ." The moral of this story is: Whenever a man lies, it is for a good and honorable reason, and for the benefit of others. That's our story, and we're sticking to it! - "WE ARE HONORABLE MEN!!!!"

Never.

Like they say The Truth hurts so if you don't want to hurt them tell that big ol lie unless you want them hurt or to correct the problem tell them the damn truth! Can't go wrong with Truth, the more lies the worse it gets for you.