Inerrant Lie #57

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

Inasmuch as I write this on Christmas Eve, it is appropos that this 'Lie' be based, in part, on the most- often quoted, best- known verse in the canon: John 3:16. John 3:16 is referred to, ad nauseum, as 'the fullness of the Gospel message in truncated form,' to paraphrase. It is also the unvarnished, unalloyed truth according to believers; but according to the apostle James, it is also a lie.

In his self- titled epistle addressed to the dispersed Jewry, James writes that a friend of the world is THE enemy of God. "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God [James 4:4]." According to the testimony of Jesus of Nazareth, this makes God THE enemy of himself.

John the divine says Jesus of Nazareth said God is much more than a friend of the world. According to Jesus (via John): God is, in fact, a lover of the world. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life [John 3:16]." The next verse in John says Jesus went on to call God the would- be saviour of the world. So which of these declarations is true? Is either?

It seems far more likely that the "God" in question is the devil opposing himself (to snare all others) as all hypocrites definitively do. Whose kingdom do Christians say has an end? Is it not the kingdom of "Satan?" Jesus of Nazareth said, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end [Mark 3:23c - 26]." 

Who-- if not "Satan"-- does Jesus thus make himself out to be? This same Jesus, after all, said: "I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end [Luke 22:37]."

Inerrant Lie #56

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

It's been mentioned in a previous 'Lie' that Moses' LORD was, perhaps, a liar. Samuel's LORD certainly was, if you believe Sammy's witness of him. Sammy goes so far as to say, in essence, his LORD taught him to lie. Understand: at the time the following took place, Sammy was the notable judge and prophet of the nation; the embodiment of the nation's morality. He'd already rebuked the sitting king and judged him unworthy of bearing rule, in the name of "the LORD."

Sammy says the LORD told him to anoint another king while Saul still sat as king. Sammy says the LORD informed him he would find the one he was to anoint in Saul's stead in Bethlehem (sister city to "Gibeah of Saul"). Of course, as Saul was afraid of the people: so Sammy (hypocrite he was) was afraid of Saul. "2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee [1 Samuel 16:2 & 3]."

Notice: the LORD not only 'taught' Samuel to lie ("cover it with a fig leaf," in essence); he also provided the necessary alibi-- sacrifice (the aforementioned fig leaf). Sammy's 'obedience' to this word of deception he credited his LORD with is reminiscent of how the centurions guarding the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth "took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews [never so among the Gentiles] until this day [Matthew 28:15]."

When a man lies, he is called a liar. When the LORD in heaven lies, he should be called the devil [John 8:44], shouldn't he?