can god lie?

Which god? There are thousands, you know.

(Christians - if you can't deal with it, thumbs-down please!)

2007-03-23 22:26:30 · answer #1 · answered by eldad9 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋

Of course God can lie I'm not saying he would lie but he could if he chose to. People who say God cant lie are Ignorant.

2007-03-24 05:28:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

God does not make choices...choices presume that the best option is not apparent to God(who is all-knowing). No choice = no lie.

Is it really a choice when you're offered for breakfast either a chocolate muffin or a cup of sand? While it may appear to be so, it is impossible to favour the cup of sand if you are aware that it is not food. There is no choice when perfect knowledge is the case, because from perfect knowledge comes perfect choice.
The choices are no longer free as they're constrained by the reality of perfection. A perfect being cannot act imperfectly.

-Rob

2007-03-24 06:02:48 · answer #3 · answered by Rob S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

"Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord." - Proverbs 12:22

The word 'abomination' means God hates it so much that he'll not have anything to do with it whatsoever, and yet we read that he himself puts a lying spirit into his own prophets.....

"Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee." - 1 Kings 22:23

He causes people to believe in delusions and lies which he, himself, sends to them.....

"God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned." - 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

"And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel." - Ezekiel 14:9

He causes them to lie and then destroys them for it.

Common sense alone makes the Bible look schizophrenic

"It was impossible for God to lie." - Hebrews 6:18

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" - 2 Peter 3:9.

In 2 Thessalonians, these people have NO chance to receive the “good word”of repentence because god is purposely preventing them from doing so.

"God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned." - 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

2007-03-24 07:51:46 · answer #4 · answered by Audrey Grace 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

The real question is: “How do I know I can trust a God I can’t see? I’ve trusted people in my life who have let me down. Maybe God is going to lie, too.”

2007-03-24 05:28:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

"GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD TELL LIES,
Neither a son of mankind that he should feel regret.
Has he himself said it and will he not do it,
And has he spoken and will he not carry it out?" -- Numbers 23:19

"In order that, through two unchangeable things in which IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE, we who have fled to the refuge may have strong encouragement to lay hold on the hope set before us." -- Hebrews 6:18

2007-03-24 05:40:41 · answer #6 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋

A GOD OF TRUTH WHO DOES NOT LIE

God has given man the ability to learn certain basic truths about His physical creation. For example, we know that the earth is a sphere. We know that the atom contains tremendous energy. We know that air, water and food are needed to sustain human life.

Now, is it reasonable to think that God gave man the ability to find out truths about creation, but not about the Creator? A loving human father wants his children to know him, to bear his name, to learn the vital things of life. Since “God is love,” would He be any less interested in teaching His children about himself?—1Â John 4:8.

Actually, our eternal destiny depends upon our getting to know the truth about God. Jesus Christ himself said: “This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3.

“The only true God” is a God of truth. Indeed, the Bible assures us that “God is not a man that he should tell lies,” and that “it is impossible for God to lie.” So the truth-seeker can confidently approach God, knowing that there are fundamental truths about Him that he can learn.—Num. 23:19; Heb. 6:18.

Since God is always truthful, it is reasonable that our worship must also be in harmony with the truth if it is to be acceptable to God. We cannot believe and support falsehood and still please God “God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.”—John 4:24.

2007-03-25 00:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by walterprognosticus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

god is free from all the worldly disgrace
that is why we worship him
that is why he is called god
we r no one to decide whether he can tell a lie or not

2007-03-24 05:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by sunny 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋

no, there is no need for Him to lie.

2007-03-24 08:45:05 · answer #9 · answered by Eryn v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Allah did not need to lie.

2007-03-24 05:29:25 · answer #10 · answered by Punter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋

I think it's best not to mess with GOD.

2007-03-24 05:26:57 · answer #11 · answered by ragnaroklem 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋

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