Isn\u2019t lying acceptable and even the \u201cright thing to do\u201d in some circumstances?<\/p>\n I became keenly interested in this question when writing my books oon early Christian forgeries (Forged<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0Forgery and Counterforgery<\/em><\/a>) \u2014 canonical and non-canonical writings by authors claiming to be Peter, Paul, John, or even Jesus, knowing full well they were, well, someone else.\u00a0 Contrary to what you sometimes hear, this was decidedly (and repeatedly) talked of as a kind of \u201clying\u201d throughout the ancient world, intentional attempts to deceive others.<\/p>\n But isn\u2019t intentional deception the right thing to do sometimes? <\/p>\n
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