It’s metaphysically impossible for God to lie
I believe there are sufficient a priori reasons to reject P3. If divine propositions are in fact divine then it’s metaphysically impossible for God to lie or knowingly convey false information in a manner of deceit no matter what the consequent entailments would be since. Such entailments are counteressential. If the antecedent is necessarily false then the consequent is necessarily false and not merely expressed counterfactually but it’s a counteressential.
Even if we are forced to render such probability calculi then Mr. Schieber’s argument is still false since we could still render a probabilistic knowledge of divine propositions making P3 doubly objectionable. Any probability calculus requires the evidence, hypothesis, propositions, or explanation to be compared to some type of background information. In this case, the background information would consist of the knowledge that God is essentially morally perfect and a maximally perfect being. Thus, any epistemic probability on divine propositions renders a probability of a certainty of 1 that whatever the objective meaning of the proposition is then the proposition is not a lie.
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Andrews/Schieber: Does the God of Christianity Exist? »Andrews/Schieber: Does the God of Christianity Exist?
The God of Christianity does not exist »The God of Christianity does not exist
God might be lying to us through the Bible »God might be lying to us through the Bible
(3) If 1 & 2, we can't judge the probability of God lying to us »(3) If 1 & 2, we can't judge the probability of God lying to us
It’s metaphysically impossible for God to lie
How do you know? »How do you know?
Moral perfection doesn't mean you always have to tell the truth »Moral perfection doesn't mean you always have to tell the truth
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