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10 Questions for Christians

.: posted 3/02/2003 ::: by webmdave :::

^{submitted by Gary McNutt}

1. Where is the justice in punishing us for Adam's sin? If the bible itself says that children will not be punished for the parents' sins (Deut. 24:16). Furthermore, if God really created Adam not knowing either good or evil (Gen 3:22), how could such a harsh and enduring punishment as death for Adam and all his descendants possibly be just? Our secular courts are more just than God when they show mercy on people who cannot distinguish between right and wrong, such as children and the mentally handicapped. And why isn't this doctrine of original sin found anywhere in the Bible except in Paul's writings? Why didn't Jesus ever mention it, or teach it?

2. How could Adam and Eve ever have sinned if God had actually created them perfect, even if they did have free will? If God created them imperfect, how could a perfect omnipotent being create anything imperfect?

3. Why Pray? If it changes God's mind then he is not sovereign. If it does not change Gold's mind then it is superfluous.

4. Why would a loving, omnipotent, benevolent god cause people to believe falsehoods so that he can condemn them? (II Thes 2:11 - 12)

5. Why does Jesus quote a non-existent verse of the OT scripture (John 7:38)? Is it possible that he considered other non-canonical writings also to be God's Word?

6. Which "Ten Commandments" are the Ten Commandments - the ones listed in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, or the ones listed at Exodus 34? Only the list at Exodus 34 is explicitly called the "Ten Commandments" in the biblical text.

7. Why does the writer of Matthew quote a non-existent OT prophecy (Matthew 2:23)?

8. Why does the writer of Matthew attribute a quote about the potter's field to Jeremiah, when Jeremiah has no such passage and the closest one in the OT is Zechariah (Matthew 27:9 - 10, Zechariah 11:12)?

9. Why doesn't prayer work, when the bible promises that it will (John 14:14, for example)?

10. Why aren't christians doing greater works than Jesus did, since he himself said they would (John 14:12)? Why aren't they raising the dead, turning water into wine, healing the sick, feeding multitudes from a very small amount of food, casting out demons, walking on water?

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14 Comments:

Anonymous wrote:

This site is sad to have nothing better but to dedicate its whole content to pick on what christians believe in.

posted: March 21, 2006 EST

Anonymous wrote:

This list is good, but unfortunately plagiarized. The complete list can be found here with proper credit given to the original author: http://www.unm.edu/~humanism/Questions-4-christians.htm

posted: July 25, 2006 EST

Anonymous wrote:

John 14:14 says "Ask for anytning in My name and I will do it"

prayer works...and not all prayers are answered. God's ways are far more complex than ours, He knows what He's doing.(1 John 3:20) I think the prayer your talking about is from people who pray in vain or for the wrong reasons...then their prayer will most likely not be answered- there are many verses for this
Isaiah 59:2
and in the Word it says that peopl ewho pray but with wrong motives, will not be heard from God.

posted: December 29, 2006 EST

.:webmaster:. wrote:

All prayers are answered, but sometimes the answer is no.

That pretty well covers it, doesn't it?

It's also stupid.

posted: December 29, 2006 EST

Anonymous wrote:

1. Who has not sinned apart from Christ? Should we, as Adam, not be punished for sin? Is Adam truly different from you and I, or are we not all men, as Adam is man?
2. Adam and Eve are perfect creations, and I think it is clear why free will exists - freedom, choice etc... Their sin came about by their free will, not by virtue of an imperfect creation.
3. That is a far more complicated question then perhaps considered. It is unreasonable to oversimplfy why christians pray, and should not be limited to a comparison of 'changing God's mind'.
4. The verse refers to those who have not believed the truth, delighted in evil and will be condemned. There is an overtone of 'irrestistible grace' or predestination with respect to the past tense and retrospectivity. It has already been forseen and determined by a God who knows their will and choice (regarding the truth) from beginning to end, and perhaps, devoid of a linear sense of time.
9. Firstly, Christ is speaking to his 'disciples' (ie. followers of Christ ie. Christians); Secondly, prayer does work for those who pray in faith (from experience); Thirdly, often it is clear God witholds those things we ask for until we are fit to receive them (much like a maturity in faith, also from experience); Fourthly, God prepares us (either for what we ask), or, has some greater plan for us, for which we receive either greater truth, blessings, faith, understanding etc...
10. After consulting a few translations, it appears there is a slight misinterpretation of the verse. Rather the verse refers to doing works or things like Christ and the ability to do greater works or things. I think this is not simply an issue of emulating Christ, his teachings, and in the case of the apostles, an ability to heal etc, but more an issue firstly of becoming holy and perfected/justified in faith, and secondly, faith itself, which includes those things mentioned above and, perhaps, what man has accomplished as Christians; with a degree of faith that goes beyond simply being a witness of Christ.

Hope this helps! All the best!

posted: June 27, 2007 EST

Astreja wrote:

Anonymous Witless for Baby Jebus said...

"1. Who has not sinned apart from Christ? Should we, as Adam, not be punished for sin?"

Sin does not exist. And my name is not "Adam". (Bet you think people are made out of dirt, too, huh?)

As for the rest of the scheisse you posted, we are simply not interested. This is Ex-Christian.Net. We no longer believe in your god or your holy book. Go away.

posted: June 27, 2007 EST

freethinker05 wrote:

anonymous, have fun living your life with your monkey's sexual organ.

posted: September 07, 2007 EST

Anonymous wrote:

About the whole sinning like Adam thing.
I dont understand why we should be punished for Adam's sin?
If we inheret a sinful nature from Adam which causes us to sin; does that make us guilty of for a nature we did not ask for?
I dont remember asking to be born, especially with a corrupted nature.

Secondly; If we are all universally condemned for Adam's sin, whether we like it or not, then should we not all recieve universal justifacation and forgiveness through christ?
He was the second Adam, and he came to undo Adam's mistake.
So my question for any believer's that visit this site;
Why unearned, un asked for, un wanted universal damnation through Adam, but not so with christ?
Why is their prerequisites for getting saved? Why do we have to believe, repent, live according to God's laws, live a life of un swerving faith and endure all the hardships of being a follower to the end, in order to be forgiven? Could someone answer that please?

posted: December 16, 2007 EST

boomSLANG wrote:

Previous "Anonymous",

Perhaps think about adopting a pseudonym(a nick-name) so you stand apart from the over-flux of anonymous Christian intruders who frequent this blog. Wha' d'ya say?

As far as your questions, you raise some good points. Anyone who believes that we should be held accountable for someone else's alleged "crime", has a really perverted sense of "justice". Only in the "lah-lah-land" mind-set of Christiandom do we find such idiotic, impractical, out-moded concepts.

posted: December 16, 2007 EST

.:webmaster:. wrote:

"Why unearned, un asked for, un wanted universal damnation through Adam, but not so with christ?"

Exactly, anonymous!

Universal damnation is automatic because of the first Adam, but when it comes to the second Adam, redemption is NOT automatic. People who have never even heard of the Bible are destined for everlasting torture, because someone they never heard of, thousands of years ago, ate an apple. However, the supposed redemption provided by God's only begotten son doesn't do a damned thing for anyone unless they "accept" (whatever that really means) the gospel message.

Christianity is pathetic.

posted: December 16, 2007 EST

tartanred wrote:

Hey everyone, i'm the one who wrote about why are damned for Adam's sin.I have adopted a nickname in reply to boomslang.
I hope more of you read my comment too.
Another one I have to add is, if you read in the book of Romens chapter 6; Paul says that christ died to free us of the power of sin, and that sin is no longer your master when your in christ. For when we died with christ, we were set free from the power of sin. (Anyone who was ever a believer should know these scriptures.)
But read on to chapter 7; he says the complete opposite.
Paul says that he is sold into slavery with sin as his master, and he does the things he hates, but doesn't do the things he wants to do.He say's thier is another power within him that's at war with his mind. This power makes him a slave to sin that is still within him.
If that's not a condradiction then what is? Anyone have anything to add on this topic.

posted: December 16, 2007 EST

Zlatan wrote:

Nobody denies God's existance without having his own interesst in it.

And rembember, God has put the Holy Spirit in every of us so every men is blesses since his birth. The are lying who say that they do not believe at all, as in the night when darnkness comes and they are alone, they doubt...

God bless you and repent for you sins.

posted: January 24, 2008 EST

Jim Arvo wrote:

Zlatan,

Please remember that Zeus is the god of all gods, and everyone ultimately answers to him; even those other deities people worship. Everyone knows this deep down. May Zeus smile upon you.

posted: January 24, 2008 EST

boomSLANG wrote:

Good grief!..you've gOT to be kidding!

Okay, to the above poster named "zlatan", I seriously hope that you are ten years of age, or younger - either that, or if you're an adult - I seriously hope that English is not your first language, because honestly, your writing skills are horrendous.

And BTW, your arguments aren't much better, either. You said:

Nobody denies God's existance without having his own interesst in it.

Pay attention: I deny the existence of "God" because I see no credible evidence that such a thing exists. But make no mistake---even if there was sufficient evidence for the Christian biblegod, I would still take "hell", before I would ever accept the forced, manipulative, coersive "salvation" that the Christian biblegod "offers". Repeat: I would TAKE HELL. Now, feel free to tell me where the self-interest is in that.

And rembember, God has put the Holy Spirit in every of us so every men is blesses since his birth.

Says who? Unless you have some evidence for this claim, you are merely making an unfounded assertion.

The are lying who say that they do not believe at all, as in the night when darnkness comes and they are alone, they doubt...

No, I'm not "lying"; I disbelieve. And yes, I "doubt". But guess what, Einstein?.... I am proud of that fact. "Doubting".i.e..being skeptical, is the way to finding objective truth. Conversely, self-imposed ignorance is a sure-fire way to staying in that, um, "darnkness" that you speak of. It is religious convictions that hate "the light".

God bless you and repent for you sins.

May reason find you, and may you repent for your sickening ignorance.

posted: January 24, 2008 EST

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