Why Do People Tell A Lie In the First Place?

Question

What's your reason for doing it?

Answer 1

People tell a lie for a lot of reasons, some do it out of fear, others do it to save their face, and for some reasons others do it to make a false impression like pretending to be somebody when he is not
Those who think it's permissible to tell WHITE LIES soon become COLOR BLIND. There is no such thing as white lies or little lies, a lie is still a lie no matter how profound it may be.
There's a preacher that said something like this,
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY and life would be much better.

Answer 2

People lied initially because they are afraid of being the truth was revealed. They continued to lie to escape from responsibilities and get a way out.

Answer 3

I will tell a lie either to protect some one's feelings or to save my skin.
Mostly its cause the person am lying to wont understand the truth. I rarely lie, at home at least.

Answer 4

This is such good question. Man, I hate liars. I don't lie. I can't. You would always know when I lie. It is ugly, ugly and not in my ablities. But for some people lying is like the air they breathe.

Answer 5

sometimes people lie because they think the truth will bore the other person.
and other times people lie because they are afraid to tell the truth.

Answer 6

i think people lie because they might be ashamed of what they did or who they really are or maybe just to get out of trouble.

Answer 7

I dont lie, but it is so people can get out of responsiblity

Answer 8

i usualy try not to lie but when i was a kid i lied because i did not want to be punished. now i have little use for them.

Answer 9

I don't lie. I have an in-law who does. He does it to upset my relatives.

Answer 10

could be several reasons. they did,ent know so they make something up or their trying to hide something .but i think mostly they are just insecure about themselves and are trying to be something other than themselves