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Re: Can God lie? (was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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Date: 
Sun, 5 Mar 2000 05:02:45 GMT
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I think of course he could lie, but
why would he have to (He should
be- excuse me-"above that").
If he lies about his own existence
reminds me of "I think (speak)
therefore I am".  Another thing
comes to mind from an old George
Carlin skit:  "If God is all powerful
can he make a rock so big that he
himself can't lift it?"  Sounds like a
pointless waste of bandwidth.
Gimme back my Lego.

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd
Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dan Boger writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > I wonder what would happen if God came down today and said, "I don't really
> > > exist.  I had you all fooled.  Have a nice day."
> > > 
> > > Would that be a lie?  Or, since it came from God Himself, would it be a
> > > paradox?
> > 
> > why would God not be able to lie?
> 
> Personally, I think God could lie if he wanted to.
> 
> 
> > Are you saying that there's something that that said God cannot do???
> 
> Well, I thimk we established a few months back that God can make Himself
> reappear after making Himself permanently disappear beyond His abilities to
> make Himself reappear.  Because, since He can do anything, He could make
> Himself disappear so strongly that he couldn't reappear or restore Himself
> from tape backup.
> 
> --Todd



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  Re: Can God lie? (was: Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
 
(...) Personally, I think God could lie if he wanted to. (...) Well, I thimk we established a few months back that God can make Himself reappear after making Himself permanently disappear beyond His abilities to make Himself reappear. Because, since (...) (27 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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