(August 26, 2020 at 1:40 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(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?
By omnipotent, you're thinking someone/something that can unconditionally do anything. But I'm pretty sure Christians (well, those who are well versed in the theologies at least) see it as perfection [in act or whatever]. God deviating from the truth (which could be seen as inextricable with goodness) would render God imperfect. It would be "out-of-God" for God to do something so imperfect.
Of course one could point to Bible verses where God doesn't appear to be truthful, but Christians have prepared answers for this sort of objection as well.
