I was asked to submit an answer to a question posed on Quora.com. I think it fits in with previous posts on this topic.
The following is a very brief answer to a complex question, so I attempted to make it as reader-friendly as possible.
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Why did God lie to so many Evangelical "Christian" leaders, who said God had told them personally that Republicans would win midterms? Is God a liar?
You have to remember, people can sometimes hear what they want to hear, especially in matters of faith.
RELIGIOUS FAITH, by definition, requires NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, LOGICAL PROOF, OR SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION to convince a true believer. That is why the U.S. CONSTITUTION was so specific about keeping INDIVIDUAL FAITH FROM BECOMING LAW. (Something the current Scotus is trying to implement) If you decide that Faith alone is a proper justification for the creation of a Legal System, you are left with the following:
A legal System based on Majority Rule, where Legislators and Judges are free to make arbitrary decisions based on personal moral codes of conduct, which can then be wiped out as soon as another steps in.
Concepts such as INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, etc., mean whatever those in charge want them to mean. No Consistency or Legal Precedent can be enforced, because RELIGIOUS FAITH REQUIRES ADHERENCE TO ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY, NOT CIVIL AUTHORITY.
In the end, GOD didn’t lie to them, they just misinterpreted the message, or failed to understand that what THEY BELIEVED TO BE A DIVINE MESSAGE, WAS JUST A DESIRE BASED ON PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
One of my favorite sayings about Religious Faith, a sort of catch-all for a situation like this:
Question: “Does God answer all Prayers?”
Answer: “Yes, but sometimes the answer is no.”
So a person of Faith may have prayed for a specific outcome in the election…
