gdemetz wrote:Please don't tell that to God, Themis.
Now stop dodging and show where God tells Abraham in the Bible to lie about his wife. You are also now dodging the fact that what you were suggesting about being spiritual brothers and sisters is still a lie. You can't tell the pharaoh that she is your sister and it not be a lie. Now if you explained you mean in the spiritual sense then that is ok, but then that would mean the pharaoh would know he was married to her.
gdemetz wrote:I told you and gave you the verses! Read it!
I did, now show where it is. Quote the verse. I checked it already, even though I knew it was not there due to this being brought up in institute that the Book of Abraham gives details that God was the one who commanded it. Like I said, I knew when I read your post you were wrong, and I see you cannot do a simple thing of showing exactly which verse is supposedly is suppose to be in. If you could I think you would, but may not want to admit to being wrong.
gdemetz wrote:You are right Themis, my bad! It was from the other verse I quoted from the Book of Abraham.
Not a problem. I would hope you also realize that your other idea that God would not view it as lying is also incorrect. You can try to argue that lying was justified in this instance to protect Abraham, but it is still lying. The same could be argued for Joseph's secrecy about polygamy, accept for his lying and going behind Emma and other husbands. If it was just a spiritual wifery then lying was not really needed and would be an easy sale.
Themis, God does not lie, and I believe the Book of Abraham to be correct. Remember that Sarah, according to the Biblical account was actually Abraham's half sister.
gdemetz wrote:Themis, God does not lie, and I believe the Book of Abraham to be correct. Remember that Sarah, according to the Biblical account was actually Abraham's half sister.
No, he gets other people to do it for him.
Like when Nephi murders Laban, steals his clothes and lies his way to getting his hands on Labans plates. Followed by lying to Ishmael about why he should accompany them.
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I take it that you are not a big fan of God. Anyhow, I have read the scriptures of the accounts you are referring to, I think at least eight times, and I don't get the same impression that you do at all. For example, God did instruct Nephi to kill Laban, which is nothing new since God has destroyed the wicked many times before. However, it is Nephi who puts on Laban's attire in an attempt to get away, but he never states that he is Laban, and just how did he lie to Laban's servant?
gdemetz wrote:Themis, God does not lie, and I believe the Book of Abraham to be correct. Remember that Sarah, according to the Biblical account was actually Abraham's half sister.
The issue was that God would recognize what you proposed was a lie.