Going to church

[Thor]

I can't really remember mine too well. I remember that I couldn't think of anything, so the priest said something like "do you tell lies?" I answered "sometimes." (Though if I had said no, it may have created an interesting paradox.)

Now this is interesting! I've argued with believers and cited the commandment that forbids "bearing false witness" as an example of a badly written law. For example, if you were hiding a Jewish family in your basement during the Nazi occupation and the Nazis asked if you had any Jews in your house, this commandment would demand that you tell the truth.

The believers have told me that this commandment does not cover a situation like this. They insist that this commandment only covers situations where you would make accusations against someone (such as in a court). But now you tell me that the priest wanted to know if you tell lies. So which is it? Does the commandment cover lies? If it does, then you can't lie to the Nazis. If it only covers accusations made in court, then why would the priest want you to confess to informal lies? Seems to me that these people are rather inconsistent.