by jimwalton » Sat Jun 17, 2023 6:34 am
It would be a contradiction in terms and ontology if God could lie, and therefore it's impossible.
1. God is ideally definable as the ideal being, greater than any other imaginable being, and perfect in his attributes. Therefore if God could lie, he could not be God, and so a self-defeating and self-contradictory proposition.
2. Without truth, there is no morality. Without morality, there is no goodness or right/wrong. Without the possibilities of truth, goodness, or right, there can be no God. It goes against every reasonable and acceptable definition of God.
3. The Liar's Paradox (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox) shows that if God is a liar, he is a living ontological contradiction, which is logically impossible. A cannot equal non-A.
It would be a contradiction in terms and ontology if God could lie, and therefore it's impossible.
1. God is ideally definable as the ideal being, greater than any other imaginable being, and perfect in his attributes. Therefore if God could lie, he could not be God, and so a self-defeating and self-contradictory proposition.
2. Without truth, there is no morality. Without morality, there is no goodness or right/wrong. Without the possibilities of truth, goodness, or right, there can be no God. It goes against every reasonable and acceptable definition of God.
3. The Liar's Paradox ([url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox[/url]) shows that if God is a liar, he is a living ontological contradiction, which is logically impossible. A cannot equal non-A.