Answer some of your tough questions?
Bible
- Adam didn't die the day God said he would!
- Adam was a mythical figure who never really lived.
- Christianity oppresses women by making them submit to their husbands!
- Christians can’t use ‘circular reasoning’ by trying to prove the Bible by quoting from the Bible!
- Didn’t men write the Bible?
- God said He would blot out all remembrance of Amalek. The Bible itself disproves this statement by mentioning Amalek to this day.
- How many angels were at the tomb—one or two?
- Isn’t it blasphemous to call the Bible ‘God’s Word’ when it makes Him look so bad?
- I’ve tried to read the Bible, but I can’t understand it.
- What if someone claims to have read the Bible and says it’s just a book of fairy tales?
- When the Bible says ‘an eye for an eye,’ it encourages us to take the law in our own hands by avenging wrongdoing.
- The Bible calls the hare a cud-chewing animal. As any veterinarian could tell you, this statement is false.
- The Bible has changed down through the ages.
- The Bible teaches that the earth is flat.
- The documentary hypothesis proves that Moses did not write the Pentateuch.
- The fact that there are so many versions proves that the Bible has mistakes. Which one is right?
- There are contradictions in the resurrection accounts. Did Christ appear first to the women or to His disciples?
Evolution
- Adam was a mythical figure who never really lived.
- Doesn’t the Big Bang theory disprove the Genesis account of creation?
- Evolution disproves the Bible!
- How does the young-earth theory explain that we can see stars millions of light-years away? How would the light have reached us?
- The number of fossils in some areas is enormous. How could earth have supported all those creatures at the same time?
- Where did Cain get his wife?
- Where do all the races come from?
Excuses
- God made me like this. Sin is His fault!
- I don’t believe that God is knowable.
- If I submit to God, I’ll just become a puppet!
- I’ll wait until I am old, then I’ll get right with God.
- I was once a born-again Christian. Now I believe it’s all rubbish!
- There is no absolute truth. You can’t be sure of anything!
- When you’re dead, you’re dead.
Faith
- If God gives me some ‘sign,’ then I will believe.
- I find it difficult to have faith in God.
- I made a commitment, but nothing happened.
- I will believe if God will appear to me.
- Seeing is believing. If I can’t see it, I don’t believe it exists.
Forgiveness
- Because Jesus died on the cross, we are all forgiven of every sin.
- God couldn’t forgive my sin.
- I know I’m a sinner, but I confess my sins to God daily. I tell Him that I’m sorry and I won’t sin again.
- What should I say to someone who acknowledges his sins, but says, ‘I just hope God is forgiving’?
God
- God is unfair in that Hitler and a dear old lady (who never accepted Jesus) will both go to hell.
- God made me like this. Sin is His fault!
- God told Joshua to kill every man, woman, and child, and He killed masses of people in Revelation. If that’s your ‘God of love,’ I want nothing to do with Him!
- I don’t believe that God is knowable.
- If God is a God of love, why hasn’t He dealt with evil?
- If God is perfect, why did He make an imperfect creation?
- Mother Nature sure blew it ...
- My God would never create hell.
- The Bible says ‘God repented.’ Doesn’t that show He is capable of sin?
- The First Commandment says, ‘You shall have no other gods before Me.’ That proves He isn’t the only God!
- What should I say to someone who acknowledges his sins, but says, ‘I just hope God is forgiving’?
- Who made God?
- Why does God allow evil?
- Why does the Old Testament show a God of wrath and the New Testament a God of mercy?
- Why is there suffering? That proves there is no ‘loving’ God.
- How could God send His own children to hell?
Guilt
- I don’t feel guilty.
- You are trying to make me feel guilty by quoting the Ten Commandments.
- You can't repent! You can't stop sinning!
Heaven & Hell
- Could you be wrong in your claims about Judgment Day and the existence of hell?
- Does someone go to hell for committing suicide?
- God is unfair in that Hitler and a dear old lady (who never accepted Jesus) will both go to hell.
- Hell is just a metaphor for the grave.
- Hell isn’t a place. This life is hell.
- How can people be happy in heaven, knowing that their unsaved loved ones are suffering in hell?
- I don’t mind going to hell. All my friends will be there.
- I hope I’m going to heaven when I die.
- Is ‘hell-fire’ preaching effective?
- My God would never create hell.
- Will people who have never heard about Jesus go to hell?
- You are using scare tactics by talking about hell and Judgment Day.
- How could God send His own children to hell?
Homosexuality
- God made me like this. Sin is His fault!
- God made me to be a homosexual, so He doesn’t want me to change.
Hypocrisy
Jesus Christ
- Is it possible that Jesus simply fainted on the cross, and revived while He was in the tomb?
- It’s intolerant to say that Jesus is the only way to God!
- Jesus didn’t condemn the woman caught in the act of adultery, but condemned those who judged her. Therefore you shouldn’t judge others.
- Jesus taught hatred by saying that a Christian should ‘hate’ his father and mother.
- Jesus wasn’t sinless—He became angry when He cleared the temple.
- On the cross, Jesus cried, ‘My God, why have You forsaken Me?’ This proves He was a fake. God forsook Him.
Judging / Judgment
- Could you be wrong in your claims about Judgment Day and the existence of hell?
- Jesus didn’t condemn the woman caught in the act of adultery, but condemned those who judged her. Therefore you shouldn’t judge others.
- Judge not lest you be judged. You therefore have no right to judge me when it comes to my sins!
Judiasm
- If the Jews are God’s ‘chosen people,’ why have they been so oppressed?
- Jews don’t need to be ‘saved’; they’re already God’s chosen people. Even the New Testament says ‘so all Israel shall be saved.’
Pride
Religion
- Religion has caused more wars than anything else in history.
- Why are there so many denominations?
- Why are there so many different religions?
- Why is Christianity better than other religions?
- Will people who have never heard about Jesus go to hell?
- I'm not sure about the Catholic Religion?
Relativism
Resurrection
- How many angels were at the tomb—one or two?
- There are contradictions in the resurrection accounts. Did Christ appear first to the women or to His disciples?
Salvation
What is the Gospel? How can I be saved?
- How can you know that you are saved?
- If I submit to God, I’ll just become a puppet!
- I have been born again many times.
- I’ll wait until I am old, then I’ll get right with God.
- I made a commitment, but nothing happened.
- Is water baptism essential to salvation?
- I was once a born-again Christian. Now I believe it’s all rubbish!
- Will people who have never heard about Jesus go to hell?
Self-righteousness
- Do you think that Christians are better than non-Christians?
- I believe I will go to heaven because I live by the Golden Rule.
- I have broken the Ten Commandments, but I do good things for people.
- I’m doing fine. I don’t need God.
- I need to get my life cleaned up first.
- I used to be a liar and a thief, but that was years ago. Now I try to be a good person.
- I’ve made my peace with the ‘Man upstairs.’
- What if someone says they’ve never lied, stolen, lusted, blasphemed—if they deny having any sin at all?
Sin
- Because Jesus died on the cross, we are all forgiven of every sin.
- Do you sin, as a Christian?
- God couldn’t forgive my sin.
- God made me like this. Sin is His fault!
- I know I’m a sinner, but I confess my sins to God daily. I tell Him that I’m sorry and I won’t sin again.
- Judge not lest you be judged. You therefore have no right to judge me when it comes to my sins!
- What if someone says they’ve never lied, stolen, lusted, blasphemed—if they deny having any sin at all?
- What should I say if someone asks, ‘Have you ever lusted?’
- What should I say to someone who acknowledges his sins, but says, ‘I just hope God is forgiving’?
- You shouldn’t talk about sin because Jesus didn’t condemn anybody. He was always loving and kind.
- You can't repent! You can't stop sinning!
Suffering
- If God is a God of love, why hasn’t He dealt with evil?
- If God is perfect, why did He make an imperfect creation?
- Why does God allow evil?
- Why is there suffering? That proves there is no ‘loving’ God.
- Mother Nature sure blew it ...
Ten Commandments
- What if someone says, ‘I’ve broken every one of the Ten Commandments’?
- You are trying to make me feel guilty by quoting the Ten Commandments.
Truth
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Much of the "Questions and Answers" comes from Living Waters Ministries Evidence Bible.
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