Why do some people say God never lies?

Question

To say that God never lies,
as an answer to the below question suggests,
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ajp7RFQtlubyxGo_oIQJOUHd7BR.?qid=20070306044659AA0T1MZ

Wouldn't that require 100% knowledge of the universe?

Answer 1

Wow, this one is easy, and I'm glad, because it's really early;
God doesn't lie for one simple reason:

He doesn't have to. If he says something that someone doesn't like, what the hell are they gonna do? There's nothing they can do;

Think about all of the reasons that a person would need to lie - none of them have any bearing on God whatsoever.