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To: exmarine
Sorry, this is hard work - I had to duck out to lunch. ;)

God cannot and would not suddenly say, "adultery is a-okay" for example.

Well, it seems to me that whether he can and whether he would are really two separate questions. I tend to think that omnipotence should be taken at face value, and that therefore He could say such a thing. However, I freely admit that there's no particular reason to believe that He would do such a thing.

You mean like adding an 11th commandment like we add amendments to the Constitution? No. God revealed exactly what is necessary for people to know. If there was more for us to know, He would have revealed it by now.

How do you know?

Asking reasonable questions is not in itself a bad thing. But you walk a thin line when you attempt to argue that God is not immutable or omnipotent when His Word states clearly that He is.

That's fine. I accept that possibility, certainly. But if He is, then gore3000's assertion that He can't do some particular thing must logically be wrong. That's really all I'm saying here...

640 posted on 05/22/2002 10:03:26 AM PDT by general_re
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To: general_re
Well, it seems to me that whether he can and whether he would are really two separate questions. I tend to think that omnipotence should be taken at face value, and that therefore He could say such a thing. However, I freely admit that there's no particular reason to believe that He would do such a thing.

See, the problem is that you are going by your own perceptions and feelings rather than objective facts about God that are clearly presented in the Bible which was authored by God through men. the Bible says that God cannot sin - to say adultery is okay is to sin. Therefore, this is clearly impossible.

Clearly gore3000 is wrong. You labeled it right - assertions - unfounded ones at that. Which is most trustworthy - the bible or someone's contrary biased opinion? To me, the answer is clear.

656 posted on 05/22/2002 11:01:06 AM PDT by exmarine
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