A Real and Significant Biblical Contradiction?

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Wisdom is the goal, Skepsis. Is there another more worth seeking?

Wisdom is a bit... general. I was hoping for a more short-term answer, but not so short-term as to reference this thread.
Ahh... Nevermind. I just wanted to know more about your motives so I might be able to understand your character. It's clear you don't like getting picked at for information, so I'll leave it be.

Sorry for the vague answer. Please let me try to be more specific: I'm a Christian, but I'm not into partisan politics, or partisan religion. I continuously question everything I believe (putting it to the test) and hold on only to what is true (to what passes the test). Does that shed betterlight on my motives?

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... I the Lord have deceived that prophet ...
(Ezekiel 14:9)

And if the prophet gives a deceiving prophecy, then I the LORD have deceived him by not giving him the prophecy, I will make a fool of him before My nation, Israel, for trying to deceive them.

... it was impossible for God to lie ...

(Hebrews 6:18)

The two verses have nothing to do with each other. I hope this clears things up for you.

Actually, it's still clear as mud!



The writer of Hebrews says it is impossible for God to lie. Ezekiel quotes God as saying he himself deceives. Are you thinking that deceiving is not the same as telling a lie?

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More likely conspiracy to commit. Morally or ideally? I think a lot of people would agree, yeah.

Yes, so let's say (hypothetically speaking) Ezekiel is speaking of God not ordering some fallen angel to deceive someone, but instead, allowing some fallen angel to deceive someone. Would this scenario fit the quote Ezekiel attributes to God?

"...I the LORD have deceived that prophet... ."