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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.

We could sit about and debate the nature of God all day long and accomplish nothing more than the simple establishment of this: God cannot sin because he is God, Because he is God he cannot sin, He can't sin because the Bible says he can't sin, the Bible is the established word of God.

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.

Ah, but if God were to say that adultery was no longer sinful, then...it would no longer be sinful, right? And if it's no longer a sin, then it's not really sinful for God to say that adultery is no longer sinful, don't you think? We do get to take God at His word, I presume ;)

It's like changing the speed limits, I suppose. If it's a crime today to drive faster than 30 miles an hour, then when the speed limit changes, the criminality of the act changes. Once the speed limit is 55 mph, it's no longer a crime to drive faster than 30, right?

Clearly gore3000 is wrong.

At long last, a breakthrough (I hope). He has to be wrong in this if God is truly omnipotent ;)

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.

The Lord said, "Thou shalt not murder" and yet He personally (not through intermediaries) wiped out the entire world's population (with the exception of eight people) at one time and a couple of cities at another. He sent his angel to kill the first born of the land of Egypt. Through his intermediaries he has ordered the extermination of the native people of the land of Canaan.

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.

Leviticus says that eating pork is a sin; the New Testament says it isn't. Did God change?