Maybe I could give it a try...at least being just a Catholic...copy and pasted it here...kay gi-research man...hehehe...ok lang dr. reg?
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Actually, this guy is one of the annoying people who seem honestly good natured but for some reason believe their own logic could be used for God. That is the fallacy of his logic, if their is God you must assume that THEY ARE the ultimate being and you would never understand them without them granting you that wisdom.
#1: Why won't God heal amputees?
The idea behind Christianity is that the belief in God is transcendent. That the love of God is incomparable and that things such as money, limbs, houses, or other status or even comfort items are immaterial to that love.
#2: Why are there so many starving people in our world?
People throughout the world are starving because Christians have not done their job. Christians or the Western Nations composed of them are living in wealth and not sacrificing their comfort for others. It is very hard to practice Christianity. It isn't an easy path to follow. Jesus, the Christian leader, lived only on the charity of others. He could have been a King, as Satan said to him in the desert, but he decided to live a life harder then any other. In some way, I feel as to use an example, that every earthly pain you could endure is inconsequential to the love of God.
#3: Why does God demand the death of so many innocent people in the Bible?
The Old Testament and The New Testament mark the development of the human race. The New Testament is the beginning of globalization with the Roman Emperor. So during this time, Jesus came to share God with every nation rather then with just one tribe in Israel. The Old Testament was a time when we as a civilization were merely children, that we needed to be taught conventions and rules. At the current age, our culture can be more sophisticated and govern themselves because we have developed historical cultural rules of a decent society from the earlier civilizations before us.
#4: Why does the Bible contain so much anti-scientific nonsense?
Your logic still has that fallacy that you believe you know the context of the words written. If you had any knowledge of history or even other cultures, you would understand that the idea of days is different for other cultures and in other times in history. To assume a day is 24 hours at the beginning of time would seem like a faulty conclusion. If the universe is forever expanding as Edwin Hubble theorized then time going around the sun would be different from the beginning of Earth's conception than currently.
There has been evidence of a world wide flood. (
Evidence of a Worldwide Flood) I do wonder how the dinosaurs died though. Could it be linked to this?
Jonah could live inside of a fish. There are numerous stories of men living on merely raw fish and surviving for months. There is a story of a man surviving at the bottom of cave in the dark for 35 days. (
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...icle505686.ece) I think a man could survive in a fish for a few days.
Dust by definition is just particles of matter. (
dust: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com) All earth creatures are particles of matter.
#5: Why is God such a huge proponent of slavery in the Bible?
Slavery in ancient times is distinctly different then modern times. Slaves children have become popes, Slaves themselves became Chief advisers to Kings, as in story of Joseph with the Rainbow coat in the Bible. Or some historians saw this as Yuya who was buried with the Kings. Slavery in America was more brutal and sadistic and based merely on race. Rather than situations. Many people were sold into slavery because they couldn't pay their bills or instead of death, situational rather than race based. Slavery was more similar to servitude rather than our contemporary idea of it.
#6: Why do bad things happen to good people?
Again this is another example of you missing the basic concept of Christianity. Nothing on Earth is comparable to God's love. The things done to a Christian which would be concieved as tortourous to a non-Christian are supposed to be faced with strength by a Christian. Although it is easier said than done.
#7: Why didn't any of Jesus' miracles in the Bible leave behind any evidence?
How many first hand accounts do you need to consider it evidence? That's what the biblical stories of Jesus are, eyewitness accounts, and there are even more not put into the canonical bible.
#8: How do we explain the fact that Jesus has never appeared to you?
Jesus died and is no longer living on Earth. But I see God everyday with every rational and logical thing in the universe. That's the most amazing thing that there is order and reason in the natural world. That all elements work together and are united by common threads. The idea that I breathe and my heart beats involuntarily are amazing ideas to me. I can stop myself from breathing, but then when I'm sleeping I just keep breathing without any thought. The idea of that is amazing to me.
#9 – Why would Jesus want you to eat his body and drink his blood? It sounds totally grotesque, doesn't it? Why would al all-powerful God want you to do something that, in any other context, sounds like a disgusting, cannibalistic, satanic ritual?
Sacrifice has been common theme throughout the New and Old Testament. This is an act and a reminder of the sacrifice of Jesus everyday. Through this act, we no longer sacrifice livestock to God as in the Old Testament. I would recommend reading some Rene Girard who talks about how we continue to practice sacrifice everyday.
#10 – Why do Christians get divorced at the same rate as non-Christians?
Christians are people too. The idea of Christianity is not that we are a special race of people, but that we are accepted by God with all our faults. But we try to reach a perfection that we know is never achievable.
and let me add:
The question is based on questionable premise.
US national divorce rate is currently between 40 to 50%.
Baptists, especially Born-again Christians have the highest divorce rates at 29 to 34 %.
Maistream Protestants have 25% rate.
Catholics and Luhterans have the lowest at 21%.
Source: Smart Marriages Archives
The answer: Christians have lower divorce rates.
Originally Posted by seven_segment
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