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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

• The church is full of hypocrites.
• Religion has caused more wars than anything else in history. 

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

• Man is the master of his own destiny!

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

• There is no absolute truth. You can’t be sure of anything!

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

• There is no absolute truth. You can’t be sure of anything!

Women

• Christianity oppresses women by making them submit to their husbands!

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