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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 21, 2021 at 11:34 am
(August 21, 2021 at 11:26 am)Angrboda Wrote:
(August 21, 2021 at 9:42 am)Mashmont Wrote: I'm not saying God would lie, but the claim was that He couldn't.  I'm saying He could if He wanted.

Two things prevent this.  First, God is morally perfect.  It's his nature.  He can't do something that is not in his nature, which lying would be.  The second has to do with omniscience and free will, but I doubt a believer would accept that God has no free will, no matter what evidence is presented.
Free will doesn't mean what most people think it means. Nobody (not even God) has absolutely unlimited free will. That's not how it works. You only have the kind of free will that allows you to fulfill your True Will, which varies from individual to individual. Unlike humans', God's True Will is always good.......He only ever does good things. Humans are different. Humans are allowed to do good and evil things.
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RE: If god can't lie, does that mean he can't do everything? - by Ahriman - August 21, 2021 at 11:34 am

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