It depends on how God is defined. Some for example believe that cows and snakes and animals are gods. Surely those that define god in those creatures do not view god as flawless perfection continually.
The accepted definition of God by Christiandom is a perfect being who is incapable of sin and indeed the Scriptures portray Him as Light in whom there is no darkness neither shadow of turning.
If you define God this way, He is incapable of error or deceit. It is only possible to think God could have any corruptness whatsoever if you defined Him as the gods of paganism do.
Precisely the point I am making.
The God of Christianity is by definition Good.
So asking how do we know if God is not lying or how do we know He is not evil is like asking us how do we know if a triangle is not a four-sided shape or how do we know a triangle is not a five-sided shape.....
A triangle, by definition, is none of those things, so it is not hard at all to answer.
A triangle must be a three sided shape. If it lacks this property of "three-sidedness" it is not a triangle.
Likewise, if God lacked this "Goodness" He is not God at all!
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