For the theists among you: can God lie?
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Deut. 32.8 said:Brilliant! God can't lie because the Bible, which you believe is inspired by God, says that God can't lie. I'll bet you got an A+ in merry-go-round 101.
What a spoiled and petulent brat you worship!Ronald said:He won't come looking for you, You will have to search for him.
Was that a "Yes" or "No"?matelk said:no mortal brain can raelly grasp who he is, because he is infenent and we (humans) are not.
Well, according to the bible, god can get angry, be happy, be sad, kill people, send other people to kill people, bet on things, talk, etc. No one's trying to say god is human here, we're just wondering if another human characteristic can be applied to him, because it seems that so many others have already.you don't even understand what your talking about do you, asking if god can lie. god is not a human being or nothing you can imagine so stop thinking of him as one he is not this old guy with a white bread sitting in the sky.
If no one can 'grasp' who/what god is, how did the theory of god come about in the first place?no mortal brain can raelly grasp who he is, because he is infenent and we (humans) are not.
No. What you call "God", you call "ultimate truth". It's very nice of you to share your beliefs, but I'm more interest in knowing your reasoning behind those beliefs.Maize said:What we call "God" is ultimate truth.
So, your answer is that "God" cannot lie because "God" cannot lie. That is rather underwhelming.Maize said:"God" cannot lie, ...
Do you intend to preach or reason? By the way:Maize said:..., just as "God" cannot be jealous or angry.
Two questions:Maize said:These are human emotions and actions, "God" transcends these things.
I'm not willing to share my reasoning, it might sound too preachy for you.Deut. 32.8 said:No. What you call "God", you call "ultimate truth". It's very nice of you to share your beliefs, but I'm more interest in knowing your reasoning behind those beliefs.
For me, "God" is not an entity. Show me a non-entity that can lie.So, your answer is that "God" cannot lie because "God" cannot lie. That is rather underwhelming.
Those are verses from the Bible. I am not Christian, so your reason for posting them to me is confusing, unless you are going to preach the Bible to me.Do you intend to preach or reason? By the way:
- Ex 34:14 - For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:
- 2Ki 17:18 - Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
Two questions:
- You preach that God cannot be jealous or angry because they are human emotions.
Yes.Is it equally true that your God-construct cannot be pleased, loving, compassionate, interested, etc, those also being human emotions?
[*]Why did you find it necessary to shift the topic? Neither lying nor the ability to lie is an emotion, human or otherwise.
Sorry.You make a lot of statments. You don't make a lot of sense.
(Q) said:God told me, and i have chosen to believe Him.
So, how did this occur, exactly? Did you see god face to face, so to speak? How can you be absolutely sure it was god?