Is it ever morally acceptable to lie, especially if you were lying for your god, lying for one of your prophets, messiahs or messengers, or for your religion?
Is it a sin to use God’s name when you lie?
And what are the consequences for sinning in the name of God? Do God punish them for each lie people tell?
Interesting question, and I thought of that after having read a few ancient texts recently about the martyrdom of polycarp. I had thought then, that perhaps what paul said about eating 'food given to idols' was an inconsistent parallel, in that one could technically do something like lie, by eating that food, and thereby be able to keep promoting the faith, in a corporeal way. But then, the gospel also has passages talking about how what 'comes out of your mouth makes you unclean,' as opposed to what goes in.
I wonder if the question is kind of centered on an Abrahamic view, or not. I guess I would say that, because it seems like that religious system sort of generally puts a rather austere weight on verbal confessions, as needing to match one's internal beliefs. Then again, maybe most religion sort of does that, in that they all probably want your verbal expressions to be reflective of them, most of the time.
I guess you are asking if deception is allowed. I'm not sure, but I think certain religious systems might / might have integrated the trickster god as being somewhat respectable, or as being a part of a divine harmony, rather than as being something to be cast as the opposite of the good god(s), and therefore something worth no respect. I don't know