What Happens If You Lie to God When You are Praying


I'm asking that question because I read a huge number of people were on line together yesterday praying for President Trump to remain as President. 

They admit now to being discouraged. It might be, most have concluded, President Trump will be replaced on January 20 by Joe Biden. In other words, God is not answering their prayers.

What if, in their prayers, they told God there was widespread cheating in the election and that is why he should grant there wish? God would know like the rest of us this was not true. By telling a lie to God does that increase, decrease or have no effect on the decision God makes?

It seems to me they are free to tell such a lie to God and suffer no consequences. That is because God does not hear their prayers. He cannot hear because he does not exist. So, their telling a lie in their prayers was not the reason their prayers were not answered. They remain free to lie to God. There are no consequences. 

The question about lying to God becomes more complicated when the one praying has been lied to. President W. Bush heard there were hidden weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The source was a paid informant that many at high levels of government knew to be a liar and they did not believe him. Bush did not have the ability to get those who believed the liar and those who did not to sit in the same room. He could have listened to the debate and made up his mind based on what he heard from both sides. According to a book I just read Bush could not sit still and listen to a confrontation like that.

He wanted a decision made among his staff before a meeting and just listen to reasons why the decision was made. He said he prayed a lot during his Presidency. This prayer did not bring him a victory in Iraq. If God knows everything God knew Bush's prayer was based on a lie. It was not altogether unlike the lie protestors at the White House are using to justify demands Trump be allowed to stay in office.

Instead of demanding courts hear the allegations of "fraud," those praying should be demanded to hear specifics about the allegations themselves. They, like President Bush, could have listened to why there was "fraud" and then heard from others who said there was not fraud. Then, they could make up their own minds. 

When prayers are based on lies, it may not hurt. But, it doesn't help either.

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