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The questions follow. Under no circumstances will "The LORD works in mysterious ways" or other arguments in that vein be acceptable. If a question does not apply to your particular denomination, explain why.
Thank you!
51. Is your God perfect? Justify your answer.
52. Where does our soul stay while we are alive?
53. Why do evil people often prosper? Justify your answer.
54. Why do good people so often fail to prosper? Justify your answer.
55. When the end of the world comes, will your God raise our actual bodies, or just our souls? Explain.
56. Explain why your god lets airplanes with sinless infants on board crash.
57. What is sin, exactly?
58. If Jesus is perfect, justify the parable of the fig tree (Matthew 21:17-19, Mark 11:14-20).
59. Explain why Christians harass Wiccans ("whitewitches")when the central rule of the Wiccan ethical system is "an it harm no one, do what thou wilt."
60. Explain why Christians (yes, that includes all branches of Christianity) have spread the lie that Jews put Jesus to death when, in actuality, it was the Romans who put Jesus to death. (For a good example of New Testament anti-semetism, see 1 Thessalonians 2:15).
61. If we are created in your god's image and likeness(Gen 1:27), how can we also be imperfect?
62. Why was it OK for the ancient Israelites to sacrifice animals to their god, while it is wrong for modern religions to sacrifice animals to their gods? Justify your answer.
63. Why is it ok for modern day Christians to eat "unclean meat".
64. Why would your God confuse people? (See 1 Sam 7:10and Gen 11:9). Isn't life confusing enough already?
65. Why would your God cause blindness, deafness, and dumbness? (See Ex 4:11)
66. Why would your God want to damn people by making them believe false things? (See 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12).
67. Should the book of Revelation be taken literally? Explain your answer.
68. Would it be good for men to castrate themselves? Justify your answer, taking Matthew 19:12 into account.
69. What exactly is faith?
70. All of the various Christian denominations ignore parts of the Bible, usually because those parts of the Bible are inconvenient. Explain which parts of the Bible your sect ignores, and explain why it is OK to ignore those parts of the Bible.
71. Why did your god allow Satan to do evil things to Job (Job 2:7 etc.)? Wouldn't your god better spend his time punishing unbelievers?
72. If Jesus and his father are one (John 10:30), then why does Jesus have to pray (i.e. Matthew 26:39)?
73. Explain your belief in heaven in light of Job 7:9 and Ecclesiastes 9:5.
74. Christ giving himself up on the cross was a great gesture, true, but wouldn't it have been more sensible for him to continue spreading his message until he died a natural death? Answer this question in light of your answer to question #1.
75. What is your interpretation of the temptation of Christ by Satan in the desert (Matthew 4:5-8, Luke 4:5-9)?
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