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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 1:40 pm (This post was last modified: August 26, 2020 at 1:41 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(August 26, 2020 at 11:31 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(August 26, 2020 at 11:22 am)brewer Wrote: I think Nietzsche disagrees with you.

"God is dead." Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead." God

Only one of these attributions passes scrutiny.
(August 26, 2020 at 12:42 pm)Grandizer Wrote: 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.

If god is omnipotent, can he not just make lying into goodness?   Can not make himself incomplete and not goodness?
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RE: If god can't lie, does that mean he can't do everything? - by Anomalocaris - August 26, 2020 at 1:40 pm

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