Quote:Simply because God has the right to do whatever He pleases with His creation, does not necessitate that God will lie. It is contrary to God’s character to lie, He will never do so.
1 Kings 22:23 Now, therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.
2 Chronicles 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets.
Ezekial 14:9 And if a prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet.
2 Thessalonians 2:11 For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.
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If you wish to split rabbits and claim that God never lies, all well and good. But, according to the Bible, he deliberately intervenes to make people believe lies, and to cause people to lie. God uses lying behaviour to further his purposes, which is the moral equivalent of suborning perjury.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
