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If god can't lie, does that mean he can't do everything?

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If god can't lie, does that mean he can't do everything?
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RE: If god can't lie, does that mean he can't do everything?
August 26, 2020 at 12:42 pm (This post was last modified: August 26, 2020 at 12:44 pm by GrandizerII.)
The basic answer is he can't be anything but what he is. As God is considered to be complete in goodness, then as lying is a deviation from goodness, then God cannot lie as God would then have to be incomplete in goodness.

Or something like that. I'm sure I got the wording wrong somewhere there.

Either way, not much of a challenge for Christians. They'll happily concede God can't do everything because in their view that doesn't take away from his omnipotence.
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RE: If god can't lie, does that mean he can't do everything? - by Grandizer - August 26, 2020 at 12:42 pm

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