Frequently Asked Questions
about Christianity

These are questions I am often asked by non-believers, and the responses I give are mine alone. Other Christians may answer differently. I feel that what I say here is in accordance with the Bible, and I will use Biblical quotes where I can. I invite anyone to ask me further questions, and to correct me if anything I say contradicts God's word. Contact Me

Theological Questions

How can you believe in God, when no one can prove that God exists? Why doesn't God reveal Himself to people today, like He did during Biblical times? Why doesn't God just prove His existence to everyone? If someone has a difficult time believeing that the stories from Genesis (Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, etc.) actually happened, does that mean they cannot be a Christian? Can someone be saved without being a Christian? How can someone support Christianity after what Christians did with the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, etc.? Isn't there corruption within Christianity today? Isn't all the poverty, suffering, and crime God's fault? After all, He could end it if He wanted to. Why do bad things happen to good people, even devout Christians, in this world? How can we have free will if God is all-knowing? If God knows what is going to happen to us, then it is unchangeable, so we do not have free will. Do the unsaved go to hell when they die? Why don't Christians follow many of the Old Testament laws? Is homosexuality a sin? If there is only one God, why are there so many different denominations? Which denomination is the correct one? If God made the universe, then who made God? If asking for forgiveness is all it takes to be saved, then couldn't someone go and sin as much as they want for all their lives, and then, just before they die, ask for forgiveness, and get into Heaven? What if somebody committed a hundred brutal murders, but later truly repented? Would that person be allowed into Heaven? Is belief in God a crutch for the weak-spirited, as many have said? Hasn't religion always been in opposition to science? Look at what the church did to Galileo, for example. If God made us, then aren't our sins God's fault? If God loves everyone, then why doesn't He allow everyone into Heaven? Isn't religion just a tool created by the goverment to control the masses? Wasn't Adolph Hitler a Christian? Isn't it unfair for God to send non-believers to hell?

Evidence/Apologetics Questions

Is there any scientific evidence for the idea that 'God' created the universe? Is there any evidence that Christ was really resurrected about 2000 years ago? Don't all those contradictions prove that the Bible is false? Isn't the Jesus story just a retelling of earlier 'godmen' stories like Horus, Mithra, etc? Since none of the original manuscripts of the Bible exist, how do we know that the copies we have today are accurate translations of what was originally written? Since there are many writings about Jesus which never made it into the Bible, how do you know that the books in the Bible are true, and the ones left out are false? Isn't it true that the earliest copies of the earliest Gospel don't even mention Jesus' resurrection? How do we know that the Gospel authors were who they claimed to be? Weren't the Gospels written down many years after the deaths of their 'authors'? You say that the martyrdom of many of Jesus' early followers help to prove that Christianity is true.  But other faiths (Muslims, Buddhists, Branch Davidians, etc.) also have martyrs.  So doesn't this prove that other faiths are also true? Was Jesus the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament? Aren't Biblical miracles a violation of natural laws? Did Pope Leo X call the Jesus story a "fable"? Was the Apostle Paul unfamiliar with the Gospels? Did Josephus write about Jesus? Did Tacitus write about Jesus?

Bible Questions

If God is so loving, why does He kill people in the Old Testament? (for example, Noah's flood) How can God be 3 different beings (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) if there is only one God? Since the Bible doesn't say that God directly created anyone except Adam and Eve, did Cain and Seth marry their own sisters? If we're all descended from 2 people, then where did the various races come from? Isn't it true that the Bible never says that Jesus was God? Wasn't Jesus married, since Jewish law states that all rabbis must be? Doesn't the "Keep the virgins for yourselves" command condone rape? Why did Jesus rebuke a man for calling Him 'good'? Why did Elisha send the bears to eat the children who were teasing him? Does the Bible say that pi = 3? Isn't the Bible wrong in saying that a bat is a bird? Is the Bible wrong in saying that snakes eat dirt?

Letters/Debates

Letter Re: God's disapproval of human sacrifice - what about Jephthat? Letter Re: The validity of non-Christian religions Re: Jesus/Horus similarities (my conversations with "Christ Conspiracy" author Acharya S) Re: Jesus the savior? (my discussion with a Jewish person over whether the New Testament can be trusted) My Debates with an atheist (over the existence of God) Re: Free will

Other Question/Answer Sites (not mine)

Tekton Ministries Christian Thinktank Christian Apologetics And Research Ministry Come, Let Us Reason Together... ChristianAnswers.net Trinity College's Apologetics Site Probe Ministries Does God Exist? Reasoning From The Scriptures Has Science Disproved Christianity?

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