33 Questions that will make you an atheist

[DailyBlessings]

First five:

1. Why would God entrust the spreading of 'His' word to one of his 'fallible' children? He knows men are sinners and are untruI doubt a professor would allow one of his students to teach a class if all the other students' futures were at stake. If God loved us so much and he wants us to be with him, why would he put our eternal souls at risk like that?

God did not give the lesson to a student, he came and taught it himself, in the incarnation of our Lord. And now the message is carried, not by just by students, but by the Holy Spirit that resides within them- which is also God.

2. If Satan is the ultimate trickster, how do we know that Satan hasn't tricked Christians into worshipping him as God (Yahweh) and are actually rebuking the "real" God in his own name? - Inspired by Cice Mool

If we cannot trust the Bible, faith, or revelation, why assume that Satan exists in any case?

3. If god cast the devil into hell and hell is a place for eternal punishment from which even god cannot grant a pardon, then why do the preachers tell us the devil is walking up and down the hallways of high schools tempting teenagers to do drugs and have pre-marital sex? A warden who allows his prisoners the freedom to go out and kill and rape would be terminated for incompetence. - jshanahan@austin.rr.com

Because said preachers want to scare people into behaving. Luckily, such interpretations are hardly supported by scripture.

4. I have often heard from many believers that even Satan has a presence in the church, which is why even in church people can still have impure thoughts. If Satan can find his way in the church, how do Christians know that Satan didn't find his way into the Bible and twist the whole book? - The Infidel Guy

IMO, the Bible most certainly is fallible. This does not rob it of worth, nor faith of meaning.

And if one believes the Bible to be the infallible word of God, as many Christians do, Satan would not be able to touch it.

5. If the Universe is everywhere by definition, why do theists ask where it came from? How can there be anywhere for the universe to come from if the Universe is already everywhere by definition? - Chris and The Infidel Guy

Do they? Theists know the origins of the universe, it would seem to me. Do atheists?

So far, nothing to turn me into an atheist. Question some doctrines, maybe. But this we are already encouraged to do.

 

[AFallingStar]

Wow, interesting questions. Thanks for posting. Reading through them, I found some of them not to have totally solid answers. Rather, one believes those things through faith. Just my opinion. Sorry, I don't know how to answer most of them, but they definitely made me think.

 

[Dmckay]

You gotta be kidding me! All I get is comments that these questions are stupid?! Without even one answer?

All I got from you was a bunch of words without meaning, and a bunch of meaningless petty negative comments questioning my faith. Who are you to judge?

As for myself, but it doesnt really matter, I am a Christian, and do have a vague answer to these questions. I got them from another board, and just copy pasted the post here, to generate a response.

Show me some strength

I can't and won't speak for any of the others, but every one of these questions stems from a distinct lack of knowledge about the Person and Character of G-d and His Scriptures. In those Scriptures we are told, in Titus 3:9 "But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law, for they are unprofitable and worthless."

The names given with several of these questions, e.g. "The Infidel Guy" by definition an unbeliever who revels in their unbelief, "Keyser Soze" a character from a movie who is supposed to be a godless, mass murderer and criminal, "dissolvedego from Satannet.org" give added creedance to the fact that the questions are not asked seriously, but rather to ridicule those who are serious about their faith.

If the questions, by their very nature, are not meant to be serious and the answers aren't truely sought, why should anyone waste the precious time the Lord has allotted us to give serious answers? Take your games somewhere else.

 

[onajourney87]

Just a thought...

Other people may read the questions and truly seek an answer to them.

#30 and 31 are pretty good questions really.

Kyle

 

[fospher]

Someone else has posed the question, which I would now like to re-ask, exactly what is your motivation for posting this material as your first ever post on this Forum?

Since Im watching this thread from the other side of the fence, I may as well let you see what's going on over here.

shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/4918724/an//page//vc/1

My original intent was to generate an answer from a group of people that would supposedly know the subject best. Sign up over at shroomery if you have anything to add, culture clash man, lets see what we can get out of this.

Edit: What? I cant post a link? Alllriighhht

 

[navedub]

You gotta be kidding me! All I get is comments that these questions are stupid?! Without even one answer?

All I got from you was a bunch of words without meaning, and a bunch of meaningless petty negative comments questioning my faith. Who are you to judge?

As for myself, but it doesnt really matter, I am a Christian, and do have a vague answer to these questions. I got them from another board, and just copy pasted the post here, to generate a response.

Show me some strength

i can't speak for the others but i understood when i replied that you yourself did not hold these beliefs and my comments were directed towards atheists and christians as a whole. regarding not answering - it seemed to me that most of these questions answered themselves or were rhetorical in nature. nevertheless thanks for sharing and stirring the pot a bit.

 

[indra_fanatic]

Fospher,

Why didn't God design us to be robots?
Why didn't He make a spaceship for Himself so He could float over the universe?
Why didn't He make the moon be a gigantic wheel of fondue?

Your questions did not make me an atheist, they just made me think you have WAAY too much time on your hands.

 

[Sam Gamgee]

I think it's really great to question faith and religion.

But, faith cannot be changed or squelched by 33 questions... that's the beauty of "faith"

Those questions are valid, but I'm still a Christian...

Even though I can't answer those questions readily, I'm still a Christian...

 

[Rmered]

Just a thought...

Other people may read the questions and truly seek an answer to them.

#30 and 31 are pretty good questions really.

Kyle

They are, and here are my answers to them.

30. If god did open the sea so that Moses and the jews could run away from Egypt, why didn't he open the concentration camps gates? -- Guilherme Hoffmann

He did. In 1945. Rmered


31. Why are we granted free will if our duty in this life to our god is to do as we are told? We are to follow rules upon threat of punishment. Is that free will? -- Gandalfs Nephew

Because, even though we have the free will to not do what God wants us to do, we decide to do what He wants us to do as our act of worship.
In regard to punishment of sin, disobeying God only makes us turn our back to God, away from the light. When facing darkness, we open ourselves up to the possibility of punishment.
God doesn't have a big stick, waiting for us to mess up.
Rmered

I'll even do the next one too.
Why did God rest on the 7th day?
To show us how to live.
He didn't need the rest, but we do. Rmered

 

[AwesomeMachine]

These questions do not have to be addressed individually, because what you are really asking, with all of them is: Why doesn't God love me? It is because you hate God that you can't find Him. "I will be treated as Holy by all who come near Me", says God. If a person treats God the way you do, and God were to let you near Him, you would die. For your own safely, God keeps you at a distance. He loves you, but He doesn't want you to be hurt. If you seek God, confessing your sins, and resolving not to commit your sins again, God will reveal himself to you. Then you will know real love. Pride is psychopathic violence to one's self. Rejecting God is the greatest trauma one can sustain, and a person won't sustain it for long if God really cares about them. God admonishes the loved child. The wise learn from instruction. Fools despise instruction. The wicked will be struck suddenly, beyond repair. Their name will be wiped from the face of the earth, and their heirs will perish. It is only he who finds God who will survive after death. Jesus makes me immortal. I cannot die. I can be killed, but that won't really hurt me. Losing my physical body to physical death doesn't concern me. You know what the difference between a rich man and a poor man is? The poor man doesn't know where he will get his next meal, and the rich man doesn't know which meal will be his last. Do you know which meal will be your last? What will you do then? When you are weak with infirmity, unable to do evil, and what you really are becomes apparent to you, you will be unable to do anything about it. You will be weak, old, lonely, and unable to do anything to correct what you have done. You will know you are not immortal. You will feel death knocking, and the guard at your door, your Guardian Angel, will be gone. Death will be permenant for you. You will die everlasting death. It will never end. It will be death in the moment of Eternity, soul death.

I have heard of people murdering themselves physically, but this murdering yourself eternally is really psychopathic. And trying to do it to other people, when you stand at the Throne of God you will be unable to speak. You will be unable to accept God's mercy. You will silently accept eternal death. No one will defend you. You will be alone, unable to accept God's love.

Love is the answer. Love can make you whole. Love can bring you close to God. Seek people who will love you. These people are Christians. Join a church. Get into the act. God has seen you far off. He has sent messengers ater you. His servants have prepared a feast in your honor. When you get Home, You will say, "God, I am not worthy to be called your son. I have taken my inheritance and squandered it on sin. Please, just make me a servant so I can have something in my stomach." God will say, "My son has returned Home after all these years. My joy is complete. You have returned to me. Servants, get him inside. Give him a place to rest. Give him my finest robe and slippers. Bathe him, and get him ready for the feast. My son, my servants are at your disposal. Everything I have is yours for the asking.

 

[Dragons87]

I'm quite skeptical of the action of asking these questions. Even if you can genuinely prove to a person that you have the most correct answers, people will still not believe in God. Knowledge is not important in bringing people to God. Love is. My advice is: stop trying to learn the answers of these questions. Learn how to love like God.

 

[Galeed]

I'll answer what I can.

1. Why would God entrust the spreading of 'His' word to one of his 'fallible' children? He knows men are sinners and are untruI doubt a professor would allow one of his students to teach a class if all the other students' futures were at stake. If God loved us so much and he wants us to be with him, why would he put our eternal souls at risk like that?

A: God didn't just leave it at the hands of His fallible children; He sent His Son, Himself in human form, down to earth to teach us Himself. Jesus was not fallible, He was sinless, and He taught the children that went out and taught others.

Every professor I've ever spoken to was once a student himself, at one point or another. So it doesn't seem so strange to me that God would teach His students Himself, then have His students carry on His teachings.

2. If Satan is the ultimate trickster, how do we know that Satan hasn't tricked Christians into worshipping him as God (Yahweh) and are actually rebuking the "real" God in his own name? - Inspired by Cice Mool

A: Yes, I'm with DailyBlessings on this. If you can't trust the inspired word of God, the Bible, which taught us about Satan's existence, then why assume there is a Satan that would trick us into worshipping him as God.

But the Bible did teach us about Satan, and it taught us about God. God is good and Satan is not, so it's easy to distinguish between the two. And yes, some want to get into the whole "how do you know good from bad" thing, and basically, I think that's a silly debate. Within very basic terms, western society holds the same ideals. Murder is bad, love is good, etc. And the Bible falls in line with all of that. I mean, use your own logic to decipher good and bad.

3. If god cast the devil into hell and hell is a place for eternal punishment from which even god cannot grant a pardon, then why do the preachers tell us the devil is walking up and down the hallways of high schools tempting teenagers to do drugs and have pre-marital sex? A warden who allows his prisoners the freedom to go out and kill and rape would be terminated for incompetence. - jshanahan@austin.rr.com

A: They tell people that because they're wrong. They're using scare tactics because, I like to think, they genuinely *care* and they're afraid of people doing the wrong thing. Or they just want control, if you want the jaded approach.

The truth is that Satan was given some power here on earth. Just read the book of Job in the Bible. Job 1:7, "The Lord said to Satan, 'Where have you come from?' Satan answered the Lord, 'From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.'" Satan actually went up and had a whole discussion with God about Job, then went down and tried tempting Job away from God.

Satan has influence over the earth and people, but it isn't Satan that makes us sin! Man was given free will and that means we're also free to sin. Satan only tempts us to sin, he acts as a stumbling block, but it is in man's nature to sin (Matt 16:23 -- Satan has in mind "the things of men.").

4. I have often heard from many believers that even Satan has a presence in the church, which is why even in church people can still have impure thoughts. If Satan can find his way in the church, how do Christians know that Satan didn't find his way into the Bible and twist the whole book? - The Infidel Guy

A: It depends on what you ultimately view and consider the Bible as. There are several views of the Bible, and so it depends on which you want to go by. Every person has a basis of authority on which he thinks and acts, and for Christians, that authority is the Bible.

Now what's amazing about the Bible is that there were about 40 different authors, and it's formation took place over about 1,500 years, yet it's one book, as if it was written by one person, that has been preserved (for the most part) all this time. And look at all the influence its had over the world, over culture... over the law that you and I abide. No book has made such an impact on people and the entire world. This is why we find it a trustworthy source for proving itself.

If you were supposed to prove a medication worked to cure an illness, would you use every other medication you knew of on an ill patient? No, you would try the medication you believed cured the illness. And that's what the Bible is to me and why I feel any question that comes *against* the Bible can be proven false *with* the Bible.

The Old Testament was regarded as inspired (2Tim 3:16, Rom 3:2), and the New Testament (2Peter 3:16). The phrase "Word of God" is used in the New Test. in regard to both the new and old testaments in written form (Matt 15:16, John 10:35, Heb 4:12).

Jesus, God's Son, also taught about the Bible, telling us to study scripture, and moreover, declaring the inerrancy and authority of Scripture (John 10:35, Matt 5:18, Mark 13:31, Luke 16:17, 21:33), not to mention its authority spoken of everywhere else in the Bible (Psalms 119:89, Isaiah 40:8, 55:11, to name a few).

I think it's put best in 2Timothy 3:16:

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

Charles Ryrie's definition also puts it nicely: "it is God's superintendence of the human authors so that, using their own individual personalities, they composed and recorded without error His revelation to man in the words of the original autographs. Several features of the definition are worth emphasizing: (1) God superintended but did not dictate the material; (2) He used human authors and their own individual styles; (3) nevertheless, the product was, in its original manuscripts, without error."

The fact that human beings *are* fallible actually works for the Bible's benefit in that it still came up perfect, speaking *for* the fact that it was God breathed, God inspired, and simply, The Word of God.

5. If the Universe is everywhere by definition, why do theists ask where it came from? How can there be anywhere for the universe to come from if the Universe is already everywhere by definition? - Chris and The Infidel Guy

A: Then what say you of scientific theories like the big bang? This isn't a Christian question, this is a scientific question. Everyone; Christian, non Christian -- *scientists* are wanting to know where the world came from. It's just that the Bible actually tells us.

6. Does God think? If so, he cannot be all-knowing. Think about it. - The Infidel Guy

A: I can think about things that I know. Are you only limited to thinking about things you don't know about? Sorry, no comprende, compadre.

7. If a soul is non-physical and the human body is physical, how does a soul stay in our bodies?

A: Who's to say it does? Maybe it floats inside our body, maybe it floats around our head. Does it matter as long as we have one?

8. If God is all-knowing, how could he be disappointed in His creation? -- Pm453ca@aol.com

A: One doesn't have anything to do with the other. We aren't mini gods, we were given free will because God wanted us to love Him without being forced. I assume he also wanted us to prove ourselves by seeing which side we'd pick. But in regard to one not having to do with the other, an example: I know I dislike peas, but I'm still going to be disappointed if my mother puts them on my plate -- even if I knew that's what she was making. Disappointment doesn't necessarily come with surprise.



More later.

 

[bertie]

your questions suck.they are ill thought out pseudo intellectual crapola from about 3rd year high school or earlier...ill give you three out of 10 for even posting ............

 

[Gentle]

It's just I can tear it down myself more effectively

 

[Jipsah]

33 Questions that will make you an atheist

This thread probably should have been titled, "33 Question That Will Make You Think That Atheists Are Nincompoops". Are we really supposed to be impressed by any of this drivel? I don't see how anyone posted it with a straight face.

If this is the best that the atheists have to offer then we have nothing to fear from them.

 

[Nazaroo]

Gee, I was expecting some tough questions.
Guess I'll have to wait another 40 years for the next generation.

 

[Everlastinglife]

Lets refrain from letting satan use us as a useless tool to slander Gods word. The devils not that smart so lets not give him that power.

 

[CyberPaladin]

I don't see anything on this list that coul shake my faith, the anwser to all of these questions could be found with some time effort however me personaly I'm not going to waste my time going to the other forum to debate this. I have been down that before road with militant atheists and don't intended to waste more time with people that view any sort of religious beliefs as a cruch for the weak.

 

[GenemZ]

he following is actually from an ebook i downloaded.
the ebook has 100 questions

First of all? Is it fair to bombard us with so many questions at once?
I will refute a few for now. If that's not enough, then you bring up the ones that make you want to be an atheist.

1. Why would God entrust the spreading of 'His' word to one of his 'fallible' children? He knows men are sinners and are untruI doubt a professor would allow one of his students to teach a class if all the other students' futures were at stake. If God loved us so much and he wants us to be with him, why would he put our eternal souls at risk like that?

He did not entrust the Word to men. That is the Holy Spirit's job. When God wants His Word brought forth (and not simply man wanting to) God is more than able to get it done right.

Matthew 10:18-20 (New International Version)
"On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."

When God wants His Word set forth? The believers he chooses become a medium for the Spirit. Now, when man puts his two cents in because God wanted nothing said? Then we get errors from men speaking. Not, God's Spirit.

2 Peter 1:19-21 (New International Version)
"And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."

Satan has his witches and mediums. They spew forth truth mixed with lies to deceive. God has had His mediums, too. They were the ones God used to bring us forth the Word of God! Now, if a believer if Spirit filled? He will be led into all the truth he needs in order to overcome the evils of his day. That does not mean he will not go beyond what he has received at times, and gets into error. We all do at times. But, when God allows for such error in a truly maturing believer, it is either for correction down the road, or what error was allowed was not essential to the realities he must face and over come. That way, no one is to follow a teacher blindly. Those who follow must do their own thinking for themselves. What matters is an issue of what is essential. Not all bits of knowledge are for God's aim of bringing a believer to maturity in Christ.

2. If Satan is the ultimate trickster, how do we know that Satan hasn't tricked Christians into worshipping him as God (Yahweh) and are actually rebuking the "real" God in his own name? - Inspired by Cice Mool

Because God has tricked the trickster! This requires an answer of some length. If truly interested, respond with a single question on this matter. Not a bunch of questions thrown in with it.

3. If god cast the devil into hell and hell is a place for eternal punishment from which even god cannot grant a pardon, then why do the preachers tell us the devil is walking up and down the hallways of high schools tempting teenagers to do drugs and have pre-marital sex? A warden who allows his prisoners the freedom to go out and kill and rape would be terminated for incompetence. - jshanahan@austin.rr.com

Satan is not cast into Hell (the Lake of Fire) at this time. The Bible makes that clear. Who made this into a question?

4. I have often heard from many believers that even Satan has a presence in the church, which is why even in church people can still have impure thoughts. If Satan can find his way in the church, how do Christians know that Satan didn't find his way into the Bible and twist the whole book? - The Infidel Guy

That is why we need to depend on God's grace and must demand truth. The Spirit must lead us into all truth.

John 16:13a niv
"But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. "

The Devil has made his way into many churches, sure. Just like lung cancer has made its way into those who habitually smoke. Satan only gets in where there has been a neglect of what is needed to resist him. He must be resisted like a disease.

James 4:7 niv
"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

Truth, and only truth, is the means by which he is resisted. Those churches that are Spirit led will overcome lies with progressively found truth. Other churches that desire to live by their emotions and wishful thinking, will be under Satan's rule.

2 Timothy 4:3 (New International Version)
"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear."

Those churches will be under Satan's rule. Those who are Spirit filled will remove themselves from such churches and will find a good church. God is faithful. They will find if they keep seeking.

5. If the Universe is everywhere by definition, why do theists ask where it came from? How can there be anywhere for the universe to come from if the Universe is already everywhere by definition? - Chris and The Infidel Guy

They confuse the objects which have been created by God in the universe, with the infinite space in which the universe was created. That infinite space finds itself in God.

6. Does God think? If so, he cannot be all-knowing. Think about it. - The Infidel Guy

God does not think. He does not question. ' God is.' Aristotle had it right, when he conceived God as being the "Unmoved Mover." God is never suprised. He never learns anything new. Whenever human attributes are described to God in the OT, it is simply the language of accomodation. "Anthropopathisms." The means by which man can understand the policy and character of God. God identifies with man in His expression towards man. But, God is not a man in His essence of Deity alone.

7. If a soul is non-physical and the human body is physical, how does a soul stay in our bodies?

God's will. Why is there gravity? Heat? Cold? Light? God's will, too.

8. If God is all-knowing, how could he be disappointed in His creation? -- Pm453ca@aol.com

Anthropopatism. God is never unhappy. Yet, what good would it do if a cheerful God must rebuke an evil man in cheeriness? God's knows what is needed to make his point in order to make known what he is towards evil. God must establish who and what he is, in terms and expressions that man can relate to. Since God knows all things, he knows by which means to make his expression manifested. Afterall, Jesus Christ is God manifesting Himself in the most perfect way to express who and what He is to all of mankind and angels in creation.

Hebrews 1:3 niv
"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven."

Enuf for now.......

Grace and peace, GeneZ

 

[Monica02]

1. Why would God entrust the spreading of 'His' word to one of his 'fallible' children? He knows men are sinners and are untruI doubt a professor would allow one of his students to teach a class if all the other students' futures were at stake. If God loved us so much and he wants us to be with him, why would he put our eternal souls at risk like that?

He loves us and wants us to chose to love Him. He wants us to share in this love by allowing us to spread his Word. His Word is one of forgiveness and thus is an offer of eternal life if we want it. He gave us a Church that would gaurd the deposit of faith.

2. If Satan is the ultimate trickster, how do we know that Satan hasn't tricked Christians into worshipping him as God (Yahweh) and are actually rebuking the "real" God in his own name? - Inspired by Cice Mool

We know because God placed the Church on Earth to let people know who is the real God.

3. If god cast the devil into hell and hell is a place for eternal punishment from which even god cannot grant a pardon, then why do the preachers tell us the devil is walking up and down the hallways of high schools tempting teenagers to do drugs and have pre-marital sex? A warden who allows his prisoners the freedom to go out and kill and rape would be terminated for incompetence.

The Devil cannot never be with God, this is "Hell".

4. I have often heard from many believers that even Satan has a presence in the church, which is why even in church people can still have impure thoughts. If Satan can find his way in the church, how do Christians know that Satan didn't find his way into the Bible and twist the whole book? - The Infidel Guy

This is why God left the Church and Her teaching authority on Earth.
To gaurd against this very thing.

5. If the Universe is everywhere by definition, why do theists ask where it came from? How can there be anywhere for the universe to come from if the Universe is already everywhere by definition? - Chris and The Infidel Guy

God can define the universe - He is God.

6. Does God think? If so, he cannot be all-knowing. Think about it. - The Infidel Guy

He might or might not.
I will have to ask God what He thinks about if I get to Heaven. I do not presume to know all of God's mind.

7. If a soul is non-physical and the human body is physical, how does a soul stay in our bodies?

If a soul is non-physical than it should take up no space at all - plenty of room then in our bodies.

8. If God is all-knowing, how could he be disappointed in His creation? --

Pm453ca@aol.com

How does all-knowing prohibit dissapointment?

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. If God is unchangeable (immutable), how is there evidence of a god when everything else around us is changing? -

Perhaps change is part of his plan.
God can change whatever He wants - He is God. Why does there even have to be evidence for God?

10. Why did God flood the earth to remove evil? It didn't work! Evil came right back, God should have known that would happen! So why did He bother? - PhineasBg

God always can destroy evil. When and why He chooses to excercise this ability is up to Him. He gives us the chance to refuse to do evil by his Grace.

11. Why is it that theists tell me that I have to examine every part of the universe and not find God anywhere in order to say that there is no god, when in fact all I need to do is not find God in one location since he is supposed to be omnipresent?

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I do not know why thiests tell you this. I would tell you to pray for God's Grace and for the Holy Spirit to descend upon your heart in order to find God.
Remember to pray for His will (not yours) to be done.

12. If the garden of Eden was a perfect paradise as xians claim, then why did Eve even want to eat the apple? Wouldn't a perfect place provide everything a person would want or desire and thus she would want nothing? - keyser soze

God gave humans free will to chose to love Him and do His will or not. Eve chose to sin. People should only want to do God's will - this is paradise. People do not always understand this and think that something else will bring them happiness.

13. Romans 6:23 says "For the wages of sin is death" Does this mean animals sin as well? Or uni-cellular organisms? Do plants sin? Because they all die as well, not just humans. Why does an animal die, if it doesn't know the moral difference between right and wrong?

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Animals and plants do not have souls. They cannot experience eternal life, whereas God has given people that opportunity.


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Why would an all-powerful god become flesh in order to sacrifice himself to himself so that his creation might escape the wrath of himself. Couldn't god, in his infinite wisdom, come up with something a little more efficient?

Again, God can do whatever He wants. He became man out of love for us so we could see this love.

15.

If we are the children of god, and yet we have never seen him, does that make us the *******s of god? Not to mention my mom didn't marry God- hyasynth_vii@yahoo.com

No,we are all legitimate. Humans are bound by the sacraments (marriage in this case) but God is not bound by them.

16. After 9/11 a lot of people have been tossing around "god bless america". Why do they keep saying this? From the looks of it god hasn't blessed anything. If god had blessed america, the 9/11 event would've never happened. Theists seem to give the answer of "everything is part of gods big plan". If everything is part of gods big plan, why are we after Bin Laden? Wasn't he and other terrorists just carrying out gods desired plan? So it seems that Bin Laden/ terrorism isnt our enemy , but god. - rsri13@hotmail.com

The phrase is usually (should be) "May God bless America" . It is normally a petition for God to Bless America. There is nothing wrong with asking for God's blessing. God will banish evil in His time- not ours. It is up to us to chose to not do evil- this is our mission. God has offered His children eternal life with Him, not necessarilly an easy or pain-free earthly life.


17.

Christians say that God is NOT the author of confusion. Can you say, Tower of Babel? - The Screaming Monkeys

I have never heard a Christian say this. I have heard that GOd is the author of life and Satan the author of evil.

18. Christians will tell you that if a baby dies it goes to heaven. Why then are they so against abortion? All the child is being deprived of is the opportunity to go to hell. Either that or god expects unborn fetuses to accept Jesus. -

We were commanded by God to not kill and abortion is the killing of an innocent person. That aborted baby was created by God and we may not destroy him or her. The child is being deprived of his or her earthly life, a life which God has a plan for.


19.

Why does God have emotions (jealousy, anger, sadness, love, etc.) if he is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent? Emotions are reactionary, how can God react to us if he is all-knowing and has a divine plan?

He is God and can have emotions is He wishes. Emotions are of our understanding and God's knowledge is greater than ours. We are not God and cannot know His power and knowledge.

20.

If Jesus Christ is allegedly the omnipotent god made flesh.....how is it that he did not inherit Original Sin? Remember, he is allegedly Man and god in union, and if truly man, as well as god, he must have inherited Original Sin. ???-

He is God - He can be or do whatever He wants.


21.

If God is the father of Jesus, what is Jesus' DNA like? Does God have sperm? If he doesn't, where did Mary get the DNA from that was needed to make Jesus? This would make Mary asexual and Jesus would then be a girl. No Y chromosome. - chris_crispy@hotmail.com and

We do not know what Jesus's DNA is like or if God had sperm. It matters not bacause God can do whatever he wants, he is not bound by science.

22. I

never got the remote controlled car I prayed for as a child, but if I want to go to hell, will God grant my wish?.... Gee, thanks God! -

dissolvedego@satannet.org

Prayers whould be for God's will to be done - not yours or mine. God is Lord over you. Pray to know Him and love Him- perhaps that prayer will get the answer He wants you to receive.

23.

In the "Last Days" Jesus is supposed to appear in the clouds. How are the Christians on the opposite end of the world going to see him? Are there going to be millions of Jesus'? What about people that work underground

? - Rebe2amble@aol.com

Oh- Have faith - He is God after all! St. Pio could bilocate and he was a mortal!

24.

A true Muslim man is not supposed to do anything that the prophet Muhammad didn't do. If one remembers there was a big debate over whether or not Muslims should eat Mangoes. If this is true why in the Hell were these Islamic Fundamentalists flying airplanes?

To fly them into buildings.

25.

If the earth was covered by a complete global flood, every living creature killed except those surviving on the ark, why are there many completely unique animal species in Australia that are found no where else indigenously on the earth? -

Perhaps the account was not literal?

26.

If god is omniscient and "god is love," why would he allow a child to be conceived, knowing that that child would one day reject him and spend eternity burning in a lake of fire? If I were god, I wouldn't allow it; I have more love for humanity than he does

.

He wants the child to love Him by his own free will. God creates life for us to love Him.

27.

How can Heaven be utter bliss when you know that people you love and care about are burning in Hell? -- The Infidel Guy - ANSWER: - When we get to Heaven there will be no pain. God erases our memories of our loved ones that may be in Hell because he doesn't want to experience pain.

We will only know when we get to Heaven.
Have faith - anyhow- how does one know that a loved one is in Hell?

28.

Revelations takes place on Earth. What if we colonize the moon or Mars or inhabit a self-sustaining space station? Do we escape "judgement"? -- Ray Sommers ANSWER: God will get them too. - Jim

If we colonize the Moon or Mars we had better send some priests and bishops to administer the sacraments.

en the sea so 30. If god did opthat Moses and the jews could run away from Egypt, why didn't he open the concentration camps gates? --

You will have to ask Him when you get to Heaven.

31.

Why are we granted free will if our duty in this life to our god is to do as we are told? We are to follow rules upon threat of punishment. Is that free will? -- Gandalfs Nephew

Yes

32.

Isaiah 40:28 says, "...the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is he weary?" If this is true, why did God rest on the seventh day?

Because He wanted to - He is God.

33. Everytime I go to a funeral the preacher and guests always say that "God" has called that person to Heaven or they say, "God said it was time to come home", or some such variation. If God is calling these people "home", why are we putting the murderers of these victims in prison? How can we punish a man or woman for doing God's will?

We are commanded to not kill, God can take life if He wants. We may protect our society from criminals.


I AM STILL A CHRISTIAN! THE SILLY QUESTIONS DID NOT MAKE ME AN UNBELIEVER!