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10 basic questions for believers (with sub-questions)

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I’ll post unedited responses from believers or nonbelievers on any or all of these questions if anyone cares to chime in.

Without further adieu:

  • What kind of god gives humans reasoning power and then sets up a system in which millions will be punished forever for using their supposedly god-given reasoning power?
  • How can God be both merciful and just? How can God be both all-loving and omnipotent?
  • How could an all-loving god have created humans knowing about the centuries of misery they would endure because of their “choice” to disobey him in the desert? How could an all-loving god have created humans knowing that millions would not accept him based on lack of evidence and a poorly constructed holy book?
  • Why did an omniscient and all-powerful god allow Satan into the Garden? Was this to test man by placing a tree in the Garden and then saying, “Don’t touch?” How can an all-loving god be that cruel? How could an all-loving god do all of that to Job and still live with himself? How can an all-loving god ask anyone to sacrifice their son to prove their devotion?
  • What kind of loving father demands you love him or face the fire if you don’t? What kind of loving father demands you pass spiritual tests (Job, Abraham) to show your devotion?
  • What kind of loving father says you have free will but gives you only two options on which to exercise that free will? Is free will really free will when the only two options are belief (heaven) and nonbelief (hell)? Isn’t that the definition of blackmail?
  • What kind of loving father sends his son on a mission of martydom, when, presumably, if he was all-powerful and all-knowing, he could have come up with a more humane way? Or, couldn’t he simply say that all sins are forgiven outright? Why is God obsessed with blood sacrifice? What’s so special about blood sacrifice for the atonement of sin? If he’s all-loving, can’t he just forgive people? If he has this limitation, can he still be all-powerful?
  • How could an omniscient and all-powerful god let an obviously cobbled together work like the Bible be passed down to us as his authoritative word to humans? Couldn’t he have used his power to make sure that the Bible was non-contradictory, free from scientific and mathematical errors and not used to advance slavery, witch burning, the Crusades and the denial of condoms to impoverished people in Africa? Does God feel guilt that many innocent people were killed in his name or because their supposed actions were condoned in the Bible?
  • How could a god of love exist alongside Satan and his minions? Why doesn’t God use his power to crush Satan and his minions right now? What’s the hold up? Why didn’t he take care of matters immediately when Lucifer supposedly tried to seize power? Presumably, couldn’t he have crushed Satan then and there rather than cast him into hell, thus saving a lot of time and trouble of creating man, then watching man be tempted, then watching man suffer thousands of years of famine and wars, then coming up with a new covenant, then watching his son die a horrible death for our sins, sins that God knew we would commit before creating us, the whole bloody scenario also being fully in the mind of God before he created the first man? Is that logical or moral?
  • How moral is the notion of vicarious redemption?
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Written by Jeremy

May 2nd, 2011 at 12:25 am

2 Responses to '10 basic questions for believers (with sub-questions)'

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  1. Man created god in his image. That explains every one of your questions.

    EricHetvile

    23 Jul 11 at 8:45 am

  2. Lol Eric.

    jeremystyron

    23 Jul 11 at 11:33 am

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