Athiest's questions

[Crazy4GODword]

What would you do if an athiest came up to you randomly and asked you authentic questions or even simple questions to test your belief in God. How would you respond or answer these questions from them?:

1) Does God have free will?

2) If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc)

3) Why are there over 30,000 Christian denominations all claiming to be the "true Christians"? Which one should I follow and why?

4) Is predestination true? If yes, then do we truly have a say in our Salvation? If not, then don't you have blind faith?

5) Can God create a rock too big for Himself to lift?

6) If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity?

7) If Christianity is good, what about those other religions that teach the same moral conduct?

8) If God is so perfect, then why did he create something so imperfect allowing pain, suffering and daily atrocities?

9) If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once?

 

[nathan3]

I would not use any of these on an Atheistic person . I'm just playing along here.

1) Does God have free will?


I would ask him to clarify.......... God can do whatever He wants.


2) If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc)


To say natural evils would imply nature is evil. Nature is not considered bad unless man gets in its way it seems. Other then that its going about its merry business. And no one complains when nature is feeding them and keeping them healthy.


3) Why are there over 30,000 Christian denominations all claiming to be the "true Christians"? Which one should I follow and why?

There are many denominations ( divisions ) because of many reasons. People are not perfect being one.. The Bible's original language is not English., so this starts all kinds of divisions based off of words and meanings not even in the manuscripts.
The last is people are just to lazy to do any real work into the scriptures. Many can not read properly . And there are just people out to make a buck. This is what causes in part, all these divisions . I.M.O.



4) Is predestination true? If yes, then do we truly have a say in our Salvation? If not, then don't you have blind faith?


Predestination for who would be better ? God had a plan for Paul's life, why ? because God could use Paul for His will. What have you done for God lately ? Other people are going to have to listen to those that God sent.Or whoever they happen upon, good or bad. Making the choice based on the Bible.

5) Can God create a rock too big for Himself to lift?


-__- ...............




6) If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity?



With wolves in sheep clothing. and #3 answers this in part right ?


7) If Christianity is good, what about those other religions that teach the same moral conduct?



What about them ? We should respect each others differences with dignity , Christ commandment was to Love. God is a fair Judge, they are in His hands. It's written ( all souls belong to Me. )



8) If God is so perfect, then why did he create something so imperfect allowing pain, suffering and daily atrocities?



If you knew the order of things. It was not like this at the start... I would ask what responsibility should man take in all the atrocities that happen ?



9) If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into
existence all at once?


When you can make a galaxy of stars. then ask why he did not do it all in one day.

 

[kenisyes]

Start by listening a lot, and love him with Christ's love. Then you will understand his heart when he asks.

 

[Sanctified]

1) Does God have free will?
God has perfect free will. The question is deceptive in that it does not apply to God on the same level we would expect any question to apply to man. God transcends man's existence. Man's free will and the actions man may perform are with respect to his relationship to God. God is God and has no necessity to develop or maintain a relationship with himself. Who is man to judge God's actions and hold him responsible to man's expectations?

2) If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc)
Human evils? Sin is anything that is not of God. Things not of God are not allowed in God's presence. Free will is not the center of focus in his creation of man. God made man for companionship and he desires the love of man be given to him freely, just as any man would expect love to be given. In order for man to continue to exist with the hope of eventual salvation there must be a place for man to remain. That place is the once perfect place that was allowed to remain in order to accomodate man's existence. When man fell from God's grace and his presence he took with him his place of abode and it is in a natural state of continual decay without the sustenance provided by the Creator. The false premise in the question is that God created evil. All he did was provide a way for man to demonstrate his lack of love. Without this provision man's love for God would not be freely given. Man gives life to evil from his own heart.

3) Why are there over 30,000 Christian denominations all claiming to be the "true Christians"? Which one should I follow and why?
Denominations exist because someone has taught untruth. Man-made doctrine teaches from man's understanding, which is imperfect. There are many denominations because man is seriously attempting to find truth.
Christians are not born again as perfectly mature adults in Christ knowing all things of God. We have to learn and that learning comes from the Holy Spirit as God decides is best for each individual. Never follow a denomination. Follow Christ. There is only one Church, the bride of Christ, and that church is composed of the individuals who belong to God as his children. They are in all denominations and non-denominations alike. It is also true as Christ said that not all who call him Master will be saved. This eliminates any one denomination being able to say a denomination saves you.

4) Is predestination true? If yes, then do we truly have a say in our Salvation? If not, then don't you have blind faith?
Yes, predestination is true. But what is predestined is not each individual's fate without regard to that individual's own desire. What is predestined is what awaits those who are obedient and turn to God. Salvation is what is predestined.
Faith is not blind. It is based upon very solid evidence. That evidence is primarily of a spiritual nature since God is Spirit. Once that spiritual evidence is discerned it is possible to understand how empirical evidence also exists.

5) Can God create a rock too big for Himself to lift?
God is not in the business of lifting rocks. He creates them.
This question attempts to limit God to the confines of what he has created.

6) If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity?
Religion is a natural part of Christianity because religion is not merely what you think or believe. Religion is what you do. Religion that is good and acceptable to God is that you care for widows and orphans in their time of distress.

7) If Christianity is good, what about those other religions that teach the same moral conduct?
Let those other religions provide the reward for following.
Even the most depraved know to do good to those they love or those from whom they wish to gain. This does not qualify as moral conduct because of the intent.

8) If God is so perfect, then why did he create something so imperfect allowing pain, suffering and daily atrocities?
This is question 2 reworded.

9) If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once?
He did speak all things into existence.
Any artist will explain that creation takes place first in the mind and after the creation is conceived it is implemented. God created the heavens and earth and none of it had any shape or form until he spoke light into existence. Only then did it have definition. There is no relativity without the square of the speed of light and there is no detectable creation without that same light. God made the place to keep safe what he had in mind to bring about.
We use the word day where a perhaps more true interpretation is age or era or stage. Each kind of thing God placed in this protective environment is described in the verses that follow the opening verses. Applying God's omnipotence to creation without consideration of his omniscience and omnipresence leads to misunderstanding and wrong judgment of God by man. Who knows why he created in the fashion he did? We do not possess his wisdom.

 

[tribesman]

What would you do if an athiest came up to you randomly and asked you authentic questions or even simple questions to test your belief in God. How would you respond or answer these questions from them?:

1) Does God have free will?

2) If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc)

3) Why are there over 30,000 Christian denominations all claiming to be the "true Christians"? Which one should I follow and why?

4) Is predestination true? If yes, then do we truly have a say in our Salvation? If not, then don't you have blind faith?

5) Can God create a rock too big for Himself to lift?

6) If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity?

7) If Christianity is good, what about those other religions that teach the same moral conduct?

8) If God is so perfect, then why did he create something so imperfect allowing pain, suffering and daily atrocities?

9) If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once?

If an atheist comes as a humble and sincere seeker, wanting to find guidance for his serious questions, my short replies would be:

1) Yes.

2) We don't have free will, at least not in spiritual matters. Much of the "evils" seen in the world follows as consequences of men refusing to repent of their wicked ways. God does not only offer mercy but may also punish those who will not hearken to the call to repent.

3) Most of these 30 000 denoms stem from a relatively small number of traditions or church families. You should follow Christ and be joined to the people who helped you to be led to Him.

4) Predestination is true and among other things it means that we cannot contribute to our salvation. It does not by any means mean that you should have a blind faith.

5) No.

6) In some evangelical circles the word "religion" is something bad, denoting something more or less evil. This comes from a popularized tradition that is not so old. However religion is not something evil or bad in itself. It all hangs on the content. There is a true religion and there are many false religions.

7) Christianity is not primarily about moralism. Moralism in itself cannot save you.

8) Who said He created these?

9) Since God is omnipotent and almighty He can also arrange things according to His own will. He could likely have done it otherwise, but He choose to create everything in six days and rest on the seventh day.

 

[crossnote]

To #'s 1-2-5-8-9 (all relating to God directly) I would respond with 'why do you ask about a God you don't believe exists?'

 

[Professor]

1) Does God have free will?

If God had free will, then He could choose to do evil. He could choose to not do the best. But isn't this against the very nature of God? God, as an omnibenevolent (all good) being, is bound to choose good. He is bound to do the best.

 

[kenisyes]

1) Does God have free will?

If God had free will, then He could choose to do evil. He could choose to not do the best. But isn't this against the very nature of God? God, as an omnibenevolent (all good) being, is bound to choose good. He is bound to do the best.

Did you ever see the studies about "what side of the bed you get up on proves what kind of person you are", "how you hold your sandwich tells what kind of person you are", etc.? Well, what God does, proves what kind of a God He is. Your decisions when you are free (like what side of the bed) tell us about you, and God's actions tell us about Him.

 

[seven77]

1) Does God have free will?
God has one will.

2) If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc)
Man wanted all knowledge.

3) Why are there over 30,000 Christian denominations all claiming to be the "true Christians"? Which one should I follow and why?
Follow your passion, not your pastor.

4) Is predestination true? If yes, then do we truly have a say in our Salvation? If not, then don't you have blind faith?
God decides first.

5) Can God create a rock too big for Himself to lift?
Yes.

6) If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity?
No.

7) If Christianity is good, what about those other religions that teach the same moral conduct?
Yes.

8) If God is so perfect, then why did he create something so imperfect allowing pain, suffering and daily atrocities?
Sounds like someone ate an apple.

9) If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once?
all at once is a curse, taking your time is a blessing.

 

[cfultz3]

9) If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once?
all at once is a curse, taking your time is a blessing.

Hey,

For the sake of me, I am stump here, mind expanding?

 

[Katy-follower]

This is a book I highly recommend. It's ideal for sharing with atheists, non believers, even new Christians, as it will strengthen their faith. It's full of scriptures, facts, even historical evidence.

Link --> Christianbook.com: Reasons We Believe: 50 Lines of Evidence That Confirm the Christian Faith: Nathan Busenitz: 9781433501463

 

[JGPS]

This is like one of those tests that starts like this: Do not answer any of these questions, each answered question will be marked against you for not paying attention.

Anyone have one of those in University?

If there was such a person randomly walking up to people asking such things I would immediately start inquiring who he was and who sent him and what his ideology was and be setting up to launch a full scale offensive on how he thinks.

Said persons behaviour is so atypical he's either part of an orginization, in which case your answers don't actually mater in and of themselves. Such a person will have heard whatever pat answers you can give and not care about them anyway. The only thing to do is start a counteroffensive and take control of the conversation yourself. Or else there is something actually wrong with the person, and that also takes a different kind of handling than pat answers gives you.

 

[seven77]

If God made everything at once, people would ask, why didnt he take his time?

 

[MrsRoseTreasure]

1) Does God have free will? Well, yes, of course. What would keep him from having free will?

2) If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc) Because his judgement is not evil.

3) Why are there over 30,000 Christian denominations all claiming to be the "true Christians"? Which one should I follow and why? Because people like to be right. None of them. Because you should go learn for yourself. Here's a bible. Start there.

4) Is predestination true? If yes, then do we truly have a say in our Salvation? If not, then don't you have blind faith? I'm not sure. I've sort of been struggling with that one. I'll pray on it, and when an answer comes, I'll let you know. Yes, I believe we have to decide. The word says many are called, few will answer. I didn't have to answer. No. My faith is most definitely not blind. I know exactly what I've got myself into.

5) Can God create a rock too big for Himself to lift? Maybe. I'll have to ask him.

6) If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity? That's a long sad story of compromise and deception. Religion isn't bad, or at least, rituals. Our Father gave us rituals to follow in the form of his feasts. The sacrifice, the mikveh, and several other things. It becomes a matter of the focus of your belief, and the reason for the rituals. The word says they are a practice for what is to come. In other words, by understanding the Passover, you can do this with him in the kingdom.

7) If Christianity is good, what about those other religions that teach the same moral conduct? What about them? I don't understand. It is good they teach great moral conduct. It's important to be kind to one another. We should rejoice and be glad and tell them of the only one that was ever truly good.

8) If God is so perfect, then why did he create something so imperfect allowing pain, suffering and daily atrocities? Most of man's suffering is caused by sin. Some of it is good old fashioned judgement. It's harsh, and people call you a hater for acknowledging it, but look at this: Ten major U.S. disasters on dates significant to treatment of Israel-Truth!

9) If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once? Because he could. Because it was fun. Because he had a plan. Have you ever played the game Spore. It's supposed to be about evolution, but in fact it's about inteligent design. And, it's a heckuva lot of fun. You get to make your own creations. Whatever you can make it do. It is entirely too much fun to make an animal that looks like a plant or a humanoid with a dog head. Why wouldn't he dawdle, enjoy himself. Do atheists actually ask this question? This is a stupid question. What the heck does this prove?

 

[Brother_Don]

i don't have all the answers, but the Almighty most surely does.

 

[TheKringledOne]

I would respond with 'why do you ask about a God you don't believe exists?'

This seems odd to me. I hear it a lot from religious people talking about atheists, but I don't see why people would think it is strange for someone to ask about a fictional character. I thought it was completely normal to ask questions about fictional characters. I go out of my way to ask questions about characters in my favorite movies and novels if people more educated with me on the subject are willing to talk about them.

 

[GodIsSalvation]

What would you do if an athiest came up to you randomly and asked you authentic questions or even simple questions to test your belief in God. How would you respond or answer these questions from them?:

1) Does God have free will?

2) If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc)

3) Why are there over 30,000 Christian denominations all claiming to be the "true Christians"? Which one should I follow and why?

4) Is predestination true? If yes, then do we truly have a say in our Salvation? If not, then don't you have blind faith?

5) Can God create a rock too big for Himself to lift?

6) If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity?

7) If Christianity is good, what about those other religions that teach the same moral conduct?

8) If God is so perfect, then why did he create something so imperfect allowing pain, suffering and daily atrocities?

9) If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once?

Interesting questions. Here are my answers based off of what I know. Please keep in mind, this is my own personal perspective.

1. Does God have free will?

Of course, God is God, surely the one who Created has the most right out of any other to do anything He so pleases.

2. If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc)

Firstly human evils weren't allowed to allow humans to have free will. Human errors and evils merely point to the observable fact that mankind has free will. It's as simple as having the free will to choose to hurt yourself as much as it is to have free will to choose not to hurt yourself (but we'll come back to this point)

Secondly, natural "evils" can be explained off for a various of reasons from God's punishment, to punishments mankind brings on itself. For instance God flooded the entire Earth because pre-Flood man become intensely wicked. On the other hand for a more modern example of natural disasters one could argue some natural disasters we face today are because of mankind not properly managing the Earth according to Biblical and godly principles, thus inducing "climate change." For example God instructs society in the Mosaic Law how to run a clean society simply by segregating waste product. We can clearly see in some civilizations today where sanitation is not properly maintained at the minimal Biblical suggestions that often disease and other ill environmental events are the result.

3. The many Denominations.

My view point is there is no such thing as denominations. There can only be Christianity. Either a so-called denomination is Christian or it is not. If the denomination is not Christian we need not bother with that any longer. For the denominations that are plausibly Christian my belief is they are the result of Man's thinking. For instance the Catholics are Christian so are the Protestants. However they have disagreement over Man's thinking whether or not the Pope ought to wield political power. Whether or not the Pope is infallbile is not even really an argument for or against Christianity, nor is it a pre-requisite for salvation, but is what I term a Debate of Man.

4. Is predestination truth.

No and yes. This is a big theological debate within the Debate of Man. I would contend that no person is set aside to go to the lake of fire, BUT that God being God all ready knows where each individual's choices will lead them.

5. God creating a rock too big for himself paradox

Again this is a Yes and No answer. God could create a rock big enough to be unable to lift, but then that rock would become a god wouldn't it? So in that sense no God cannot create a rock too big for himself to lift. However, consider the prophecy of the "Stone that the builders reject that became the cornerstone." God IS the rock too big for any man to lift, that stone is Jesus.

6. If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity?

Easy answer; religion is just a belief system. Even atheists, though they don't like to admit it, are religious and have a religion unless they are incapable of thought. Christianity is merely the oldest known belief system. The belief system that God is Salvation, which is the name of Jesus, whom is the prophesied Messiah or Christ which means the Anointed one whom followers of the Christ are named after hence the term Christians.

7. Why do other religions have similar moral conducts?

Now this is a bit more complex to answer because God created humanity and through human history mankind has retained knowledge of morality. As we know a religion is just a belief system, even an atheist is going to have similar morals to a Christian (perhaps in a simple example of not wanting to commit murder.) All religions whether they have deities or not do have similar morals. So then why do we have all different religions be a better question to examine.

Where the other religions differ is that their traditions have obscured the meaning of Morality, often twisting morality into something to fit into Man's Debate. This even happened to the ancient followers of God. The Pharisees are a good example of this in that they had all the morals and guidelines and were quick to condemn those that broke said guidelines to a violent death of stoning, yet they themselves had turned into worshipping Man's law which means they committed idolatry and did not trully understand the law, and ironically broke their own morals whilest accusing others of breaking their morals. We can illustrate this also with just about any other religion. For instance in Islam greatest offense is to be worshipping idols in Christianity you should not worship idols also, yet by that own scrutiny, islam breaks its own rules by being the verified #1 idol worshippers on Earth with the #1 abomination being worshipped in history as we can verify it today residing in the city of Mecca. Or for instance, atheists like Christians are commanded to be scrutinous of religions and the supernatural by their morals, but atheists take their skepticism so far to blinding themselves that there is no supernatural, yet if an atheist accepts even just one of man's laws they have broken their own morals since all morality and theory of law is attributed to supernatural beings. (Plus they ironically must then discount literally just about all written history until the 1800s AD.) Buddhists morals strive for unattachment to the world like Christianity yet Buddhism also promotes worshipping idols which are vain images made of the earth breaking not just Christianity, but their own moral code as they have attached themselves to earth in the process. And so the examples can go on, but I think this is sufficient to prove my point.

8. If God is perfect why is the world imperfect.

Simplest of all the questions to answer and this ties into the other questions and answers. Reading the early parts of Genesis God made the world perfect where there was no pain or suffering or even death. Man Kind had freewill from the beginning but being made good chose not to do evil and there was no hurt in the world. However, an animal beguiled Man Kind with subtle lies and thus mankind forsook God by listening to the dragon and allowed death to enter the current world when Man Kind chose to eat death because Man was mislead. Essentially it is Man Kind's fault for messing up the perfect Creation, though the ultimate responsibility for causing death to enter the world falls upon the snake that tricked man into accepting death.

9. If God is omnipotent, why 6 days for creation?

Well this one I cannot answer for you since I am not the Creator nor did I sit and watch it all happen, however either way be ye Christian or not we gotta play by the assumption of God is God. I would say that if we all ready establish that God has free will and is God (thus the ultimate being); is not the Creator allowed to create as fast or slow as He wishes? Lol to use a secularist parable; how could Frodo argue with Tolkein that he is not the author of LOTR because Tolkein claims to have taken a few years to write LOTR instead of writing LOTR all in one day?


Hope any of these answers help demystify somethings for you. Either way very intriguing topic and I enjoyed answering and I hope you the best in your quest to find God brother.

 

[deepthought]

Interesting questions. Here are my answers based off of what I know. Please keep in mind, this is my own personal perspective.

1. Does God have free will?

Of course, God is God, surely the one who Created has the most right out of any other to do anything He so pleases.

2. If human evils must be allowed so that we can have free will, then why did God also create natural evils? (i.e., floods, disease, etc)

Firstly human evils weren't allowed to allow humans to have free will. Human errors and evils merely point to the observable fact that mankind has free will. It's as simple as having the free will to choose to hurt yourself as much as it is to have free will to choose not to hurt yourself (but we'll come back to this point)

Secondly, natural "evils" can be explained off for a various of reasons from God's punishment, to punishments mankind brings on itself. For instance God flooded the entire Earth because pre-Flood man become intensely wicked. On the other hand for a more modern example of natural disasters one could argue some natural disasters we face today are because of mankind not properly managing the Earth according to Biblical and godly principles, thus inducing "climate change." For example God instructs society in the Mosaic Law how to run a clean society simply by segregating waste product. We can clearly see in some civilizations today where sanitation is not properly maintained at the minimal Biblical suggestions that often disease and other ill environmental events are the result.

3. The many Denominations.

My view point is there is no such thing as denominations. There can only be Christianity. Either a so-called denomination is Christian or it is not. If the denomination is not Christian we need not bother with that any longer. For the denominations that are plausibly Christian my belief is they are the result of Man's thinking. For instance the Catholics are Christian so are the Protestants. However they have disagreement over Man's thinking whether or not the Pope ought to wield political power. Whether or not the Pope is infallbile is not even really an argument for or against Christianity, nor is it a pre-requisite for salvation, but is what I term a Debate of Man.

4. Is predestination truth.

No and yes. This is a big theological debate within the Debate of Man. I would contend that no person is set aside to go to the lake of fire, BUT that God being God all ready knows where each individual's choices will lead them.

5. God creating a rock too big for himself paradox

Again this is a Yes and No answer. God could create a rock big enough to be unable to lift, but then that rock would become a god wouldn't it? So in that sense no God cannot create a rock too big for himself to lift. However, consider the prophecy of the "Stone that the builders reject that became the cornerstone." God IS the rock too big for any man to lift, that stone is Jesus.

6. If religion and Christianity are separate, how did religion come into Christianity?

Easy answer; religion is just a belief system. Even atheists, though they don't like to admit it, are religious and have a religion unless they are incapable of thought. Christianity is merely the oldest known belief system. The belief system that God is Salvation, which is the name of Jesus, whom is the prophesied Messiah or Christ which means the Anointed one whom followers of the Christ are named after hence the term Christians.

7. Why do other religions have similar moral conducts?

Now this is a bit more complex to answer because God created humanity and through human history mankind has retained knowledge of morality. As we know a religion is just a belief system, even an atheist is going to have similar morals to a Christian (perhaps in a simple example of not wanting to commit murder.) All religions whether they have deities or not do have similar morals. So then why do we have all different religions be a better question to examine.

Where the other religions differ is that their traditions have obscured the meaning of Morality, often twisting morality into something to fit into Man's Debate. This even happened to the ancient followers of God. The Pharisees are a good example of this in that they had all the morals and guidelines and were quick to condemn those that broke said guidelines to a violent death of stoning, yet they themselves had turned into worshipping Man's law which means they committed idolatry and did not trully understand the law, and ironically broke their own morals whilest accusing others of breaking their morals. We can illustrate this also with just about any other religion. For instance in Islam greatest offense is to be worshipping idols in Christianity you should not worship idols also, yet by that own scrutiny, islam breaks its own rules by being the verified #1 idol worshippers on Earth with the #1 abomination being worshipped in history as we can verify it today residing in the city of Mecca. Or for instance, atheists like Christians are commanded to be scrutinous of religions and the supernatural by their morals, but atheists take their skepticism so far to blinding themselves that there is no supernatural, yet if an atheist accepts even just one of man's laws they have broken their own morals since all morality and theory of law is attributed to supernatural beings. (Plus they ironically must then discount literally just about all written history until the 1800s AD.) Buddhists morals strive for unattachment to the world like Christianity yet Buddhism also promotes worshipping idols which are vain images made of the earth breaking not just Christianity, but their own moral code as they have attached themselves to earth in the process. And so the examples can go on, but I think this is sufficient to prove my point.

8. If God is perfect why is the world imperfect.

Simplest of all the questions to answer and this ties into the other questions and answers. Reading the early parts of Genesis God made the world perfect where there was no pain or suffering or even death. Man Kind had freewill from the beginning but being made good chose not to do evil and there was no hurt in the world. However, an animal beguiled Man Kind with subtle lies and thus mankind forsook God by listening to the dragon and allowed death to enter the current world when Man Kind chose to eat death because Man was mislead. Essentially it is Man Kind's fault for messing up the perfect Creation, though the ultimate responsibility for causing death to enter the world falls upon the snake that tricked man into accepting death.

9. If God is omnipotent, why 6 days for creation?

Well this one I cannot answer for you since I am not the Creator nor did I sit and watch it all happen, however either way be ye Christian or not we gotta play by the assumption of God is God. I would say that if we all ready establish that God has free will and is God (thus the ultimate being); is not the Creator allowed to create as fast or slow as He wishes? Lol to use a secularist parable; how could Frodo argue with Tolkein that he is not the author of LOTR because Tolkein claims to have taken a few years to write LOTR instead of writing LOTR all in one day?


Hope any of these answers help demystify somethings for you. Either way very intriguing topic and I enjoyed answering and I hope you the best in your quest to find God brother.

I must admit I find the answers to these questions fascinating, even though, as an atheist myself, I find it hard to see that anyone would walk up to you in the street to question your faith. It's rather difficult to identify a Christian from an outward appearance. What is more common is people on the street preaching to passers-by who are just trying to go about their daily business. I have had this occur to me on no fewer than 9 occasions this year so far. On these occasions I would normally state "thank you but I am an atheist" at which point, on 8 of the occasions this year, has been followed by a tirade of questions and the attempt at making me understand I was a sinner (conversion). 4 of those promised I or my loved ones would burn in hell for eternity. In light of such aggression, it is only natural to defend oneself in an intellectual manner.

I would like to hope that no atheist person would be of a mind to confront a person on a street for something as personal as faith. However, that isn't to say that it has never nor ever will occur. Humanity does frequently let us down on such things.We can but hope for a more respectful and enlightened world regardless of faith but at the same time, I think we should never be afraid to question ourselves and the vox popular of whichever society in which we exist. Within assumption lies decay.

Best wishes all.

dP

 

[IntoTheVoid]

I won't stop anyone while they are walking and tell them god isn't real, nor do I knock their doors.

Therefore I will not tolerate it when it happens to me. I was walking with my son once through town and someone stopped me and asked me about god and I informed them of my stance. I was told, in front of my child, that I would burn in hell.

I took my son to the house then came back alone to speak to them again and tell them how disgusted I was with their attitude and their system of belief.

At least I had the decency not to do it infront if my child.

 

[danschance]

I won't stop anyone while they are walking and tell them god isn't real, nor do I knock their doors.

Therefore I will not tolerate it when it happens to me. I was walking with my son once through town and someone stopped me and asked me about god and I informed them of my stance. I was told, in front of my child, that I would burn in hell.

I took my son to the house then came back alone to speak to them again and tell them how disgusted I was with their attitude and their system of belief.

At least I had the decency not to do it infront if my child.

I think your righteous indignation is based on hypocrisy. You may not stop people on the street and tell them God is not real but you hang out here in a christian forum and in the bible study chat room, arguing your stance to Christians. So you are doing the same thing they that man did but with more tact. Right?