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Coragyps
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Message 721 of 722 (687557)
01-12-2013 3:12 PM
Reply to: Message 720 by jaywill
01-12-2013 2:25 PM


Re: All powerful but can't lie ?
I guess God being all powerful does not mean He will do what is against His nature to do just to prove that He is powerful enough to do so.
Proving that there is no twisting of logic to which True Believers (TM) will not resort in their apologetics. And I once thought that Irina Kazakova was an expert........

"The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century. It no longer believes that the earth is flat, but it is still convinced that prayer can cure after medicine fails." H L Mencken

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jaywill
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Joined: 12-05-2005


Message 722 of 722 (687558)
01-12-2013 4:40 PM
Reply to: Message 721 by Coragyps
01-12-2013 3:12 PM


Re: All powerful but can't lie ?
jw:
I guess God being all powerful does not mean He will do what is against His nature to do just to prove that He is powerful enough to do so.
Cora:
Proving that there is no twisting of logic to which True Believers (TM) will not resort in their apologetics. And I once thought that Irina Kazakova was an expert........
Did I twist the meaning or implication of God's rhetorical question -
"Is there anything [pehleh] too hard [or too wonderful] for the Lord?" (Gen. 18:14)
The context is God promising Abraham that in spite of him and his wife being way over age, they WILL have a baby. Have I twisted the implication of this verse ? How ?
Did I twist the concept conveyed that it is impossible for God to lie from Hebrews 6:17 - " In order that by two unchangeable things in which it was impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement ..." ?
We the believers, may have strong encouragement because it was "IMPOSSIBLE for God to LIE ...".
One verse implies nothing is too hard for God.
The other verse teaches to lie was impossible for God.
Your job is to point out the "twisting" in my logic.
Do I "twist" the fact that a biblical contradiction could be sited from the existence of these two passages? Do I "twist" by reasoning that a paradox is presented here concerning God's abilities ?
Act like your hero and not like a troll.
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