A Real and Significant Biblical Contradiction?

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God can not lie, deceiving and lying are not necessarily the same.

Interesting piece of sophistry. A basic definition of lying is to deliberately deceive another. 'White lies' , half truths and deliberate omissions to deceive are all lies.

If God sets out to deliberately deceive,he is lying,period.

I agree all lies are deceit, however as I mentioned in the posts above deceiving can be a strategy, in the case of war or the game of chess. If you read what I posted God did not use direct deceit with the prophet, He allowed the prophet to believe his prophecy was true, thus allowing the prophet to be deceived. God can not lie it is not part of His nature.