Showing posts with label Impossible For God To Lie?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Impossible For God To Lie?. Show all posts

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Impossible for God to Lie?

The following article is from *The Skeptical Review*, Spring 1992:

by Farrell Till
"God cannot lie. For this reason alone, we know that whatever he personally has communicated to mankind is true." This is how Editor Tom Fishbeck introduced a pro-inerrancy comment in the April 1991 issue of Bible Answers Newsletters (p. 3). It was a familiar bibliolatry tactic. A Bible passage is quoted and then supported with the claim that God cannot lie. The claim is often "proven" by citing Hebrews 6:18, which says that it is impossible for God to lie, or Titus 1:2, which says that God can not lie.

Aside from the obvious circular reasoning taking place here, the tactic is flawed by contradictory statements in the Bible about a much ballyhooed aspect of God's nature. If it is truly impossible for God to lie, then bibliolaters are going to have to explain some confusing Bible passages.