Can God lie?

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by Timmy

But here's an example, which we have covered before, and which has not be cogently answered.

God said Adam and Eve would die in the day they ate. They ate. They did not die. You had to add to the scripture to make it seem like God spoke the truth. You introduced the concept of spiritual death, and claimed that A&E died spiritually that day.

And you say I twist scripture.

This is ridiculous, Timmy.

The whole point of a spiritual walk is a spiritual life. Scripture is not meant to make sense to you in the temporal, and so it does not make sense to you. Give up trying to make sense of Scripture, in your present state. It is not meant for you. It reveals you, just as It does everyone else, and unfortunately for you the description in your case precludes the insurmountable advantage of access to Scripture.

So, you are really just wasting your time,
and ours, by this constantattackfrom
everyangle, relentlesslybeatingyour head
against a completelyunyieldingFoundation,
which you'll notice most everyone stays
a mile away from.

The only way you can really comment on Scripture
is when you regain access to Scripture,
and all of your comments until then,
and forever after, are going to not only reflect,
but be compared to this.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

This is ridiculous, Timmy.

The whole point of a spiritual walk is a spiritual life. Scripture is not meant to make sense to you in the temporal, and so it does not make sense to you. Give up trying to make sense of Scripture, in your present state. It is not meant for you. It reveals you, just as It does everyone else, and unfortunately for you the description in your case precludes the insurmountable advantage of access to Scripture.

So, you are really just wasting your time,
and ours, by this constantattackfrom
everyangle, relentlesslybeatingyour head
against a completelyunyieldingFoundation,
which you'll notice most everyone stays
a mile away from.

The only way you can really comment on Scripture
is when you regain access to Scripture,
and all of your comments until then,
and forever after, are going to not only reflect,
but be compared to this.

In other words, it isn't actually true.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by Timmy

In other words, it isn't actually true.

Exactly. It isn't true for you, in your present state. I guess this comes across as maybe an accusation, like "satan runs your religion,"
(nevermind) when what I mean is that we are responsible for insuring
that the right conditions obtain, in order to have access to the gift of,
in this case, Scripture. And that is just not where you are at at the present moment, by your own admission.

I get everything I have faith for, personally,
and quite a bit more. Thank You, God.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Exactly. It isn't true for you, in your present state. I guess this comes across as maybe an accusation, like "satan runs your religion,"
(nevermind) when what I mean is that we are responsible for insuring
that the right conditions obtain, in order to have access to the gift of,
in this case, Scripture. And that is just not where you are at at the present moment, by your own admission.

I get everything I have faith for, personally,
and quite a bit more. Thank You, God.

Cool.